therapy
[noun]
Synonyms: remedy, cure, healing, treatment

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ther‧a‧py /ˈθerəpi/ noun (plural therapies)
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein 'to attend, treat']

1. [uncountable and countable] the treatment of an illness or injury over a fairly long period of time:
new drug therapies
radiation therapy for cancer treatment

2. [uncountable] the treatment or examination of someone’s mental problems by talking to them for a long time about their feelings Synonym : psychotherapy
in therapy
Rob was in therapy for several years.
a therapy group
⇒ chemotherapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, hormone replacement therapy

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

therapy
noun
ADJ. alternative, complementary | behaviour, speech | aversion, occupational, regression, relaxation, shock, etc. | family, group They discuss their problems in group therapy sessions.
QUANT. course
VERB + THERAPY need, require | be given, have, receive, undergo He will have to have shock therapy.
be in, go into I went into therapy because my doctor suggested it.
THERAPY + NOUN group, session
PHRASES a form of therapy the use of hypnosis as a form of therapy

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