therapy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.?
Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)
Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)
Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor.
New Latin therapīabor.
English therapy
From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns).
Affixes: -ία
Inflected forms:
form: therapies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: inclined bed therapy
It will be seen that we are introducing to our readers the subject of Kinesitherapy, in common with other therapies, and it is very proper that we should do so.
[…] second, its formidable features prompt the average physician at an early period to consult the dermatologist respecting its nature and therapy […]
Lahmann's unprecedented success proved beyond doubt the correctness of his teachings and the fallacy of the germ theory of disease, vaccinations and serum therapy.
gloss: Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As a methodology, it provides a useful framework for evaluating the outcomes of therapy.
The existential approach to therapy is philosophical, involving exploration of what it means to be alive.
Because it is often confused with psychoanalysis, psychodynamics has at times been considered an outdated and outmoded approach to therapy.
gloss: Healing power or quality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: therapy
treatment
Related words: therapeutic
therapeutical
therapist
Derived words: purple hat therapy
theragnosis
therapee
therapese
therapism
therapize
therapy animal
therapygenetic
therapygenetics
therapylike
therapy-speak
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: terapie
lang: Albanian
word: terapi
lang: Arabic
word: عِلَاج
roman: ʕilāj
lang: Arabic
word: مُعَالَجَة
roman: muʕālaja
lang: Armenian
word: բուժում
roman: bužum
lang: Armenian
word: թերապիա
roman: tʻerapia
lang: Asturian
word: terapia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: terapiya
lang: Azerbaijani
word: müalicə
lang: Basque
word: tratamendu
lang: Belarusian
word: тэрапі́я
roman: terapíja
lang: Belarusian
word: лячэ́нне
roman: ljačénnje
lang: Bulgarian
word: терапи́я
roman: terapíja
lang: Bulgarian
word: лече́ние
roman: lečénie
lang: Catalan
word: teràpia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 療法 /疗法
roman: liáofǎ
lang: Czech
word: léčba
lang: Czech
word: terapie
lang: Danish
word: terapi
lang: Danish
word: behandling
lang: Dutch
word: therapie
lang: Esperanto
word: terapio
lang: Estonian
word: ravi
lang: Estonian
word: teraapia
lang: Finnish
word: hoito
lang: Finnish
word: terapia
lang: French
word: thérapie
lang: Georgian
word: თერაპია
roman: teraṗia
lang: German
word: Therapie
lang: Greek
word: θεραπεία
roman: therapeía
lang: Hebrew
word: טיפול \ טִפּוּל
roman: tipúl
lang: Hebrew
word: תרפיה
roman: terapia
lang: Hindi
word: चिकित्सा
roman: cikitsā
lang: Hindi
word: इलाज
roman: ilāj
lang: Hungarian
word: terápia
lang: Ido
word: terapio
lang: Indonesian
word: terapi
lang: Italian
word: terapia
lang: Japanese
word: 療法
roman: ryōhō
lang: Japanese
word: 治療
roman: chiryō
lang: Japanese
word: 治癒
roman: chiyu
lang: Kazakh
word: терапия
roman: terapiä
lang: Korean
word: 요법
roman: yobeop
lang: Korean
word: 료법
roman: ryobeop
lang: Korean
word: 치료
roman: chiryo
lang: Kyrgyz
word: терапия
roman: terapiya
lang: Latin
word: therapīa
lang: Latvian
word: terapija
lang: Lithuanian
word: terapija
lang: Macedonian
word: терапија
roman: terapija
lang: Māori
word: haumanu
lang: Mongolian
word: эмчилгээ
roman: emčilgee
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: terapi
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: terapi
lang: Persian
word: درمان
roman: darmân
lang: Persian
word: علاج
roman: 'elâj
lang: Polish
word: terapia
lang: Polish
word: leczenie
lang: Portuguese
word: terapia
lang: Romanian
word: terapie
lang: Russian
word: терапи́я
roman: terapíja
lang: Russian
word: лече́ние
roman: lečénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: teiripe
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: терапија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: terapija
lang: Slovak
word: liečba
lang: Slovak
word: terapia
lang: Slovene
word: zdravljenje
lang: Slovene
word: terapija
lang: Spanish
word: terapia
lang: Swedish
word: terapi
lang: Tajik
word: дармон
roman: darmon
lang: Tajik
word: илоҷ
roman: iloj
lang: Tajik
word: терапия
roman: terapiya
lang: Turkish
word: tedavi
lang: Turkish
word: terapi
lang: Ukrainian
word: терапі́я
roman: terapíja
lang: Ukrainian
word: лікува́ння
roman: likuvánnja
lang: Urdu
word: علاج
roman: 'ilāj
lang: Uzbek
word: terapiya
lang: Vietnamese
word: điều trị