therapy

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === enPR: thĕrʹə-pē, IPA(key): /ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/ (Southern US and AAVE sometimes alternatively, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈθɜɹ.ə.pi/ === Noun === therapy (countable and uncountable, plural therapies) Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. Specifically, psychotherapy. (Can we add an example for this sense?) Healing power or quality. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:therapy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: teiripe → Scottish Gaelic: teiripe → Welsh: therapi ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === therapy (third-person singular simple present therapies, present participle therapying, simple past and past participle therapied) (transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === === Anagrams === prayeth