therapy

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
2. (countable, uncountable) Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
3. (countable, uncountable) Healing power or quality.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To treat with a therapy.
2. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.

Synonyms

treatment

cure

remedy

therapeutics

care

medical treatment

treatment of disease or disability

medication

medical care

medicament

medicinal drug

pharmaceutical

physic

tending

therapeutic

iatreusis

analysis

culture

medicine

💊

disease treatment

care delivery

administration

cybertherapy

attention

curing

drug

💊

gymnastics

healing

intervention

keeping

Translations

terapia

Therapie

terapia

thérapie

terapia

θεραπεία

therapie

Behandlung

teràpia

tedavi

terapi

thérapeutique

behandeling

αντιμετώπιση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/

Etymology

From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns).

Sentences

The main categories of targeted therapy are currently " small molecules " and " monoclonal antibodies .