therapyn.

Brit.

/ˈθɛrəpi/, U.S.

/ˈθɛrəpi/

Etymology: < modern Latin therapīa, < Greek θεραπεία healing: compare θεραπεύειν to attend medically. Compare French thérapie.

1. The medical treatment of disease; curative medical or psychiatric treatment. See also group therapy n. at group n. Compounds 1e, occupational therapy n. at occupational adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun]

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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Monthly Rev.).

1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 26 The second [treats] of..general pathology and therapy.

1881 R. Virchow in Nature 11 Aug. 348/1 It will be pointed out to us..that therapy is to be replaced by hygiene.

1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1044 Serum therapy..is a discovery belonging to M. Behring.

2. As the final element in words denoting treatment by means expressed in the first element, as actinotherapy n., chemotherapy n., psychotherapy n., radiotherapy n., roentgenotherapy n. at roentgeno- comb. form , etc.

Draft additions June 2021

therapy animal n. an animal used in pet therapy; esp. one which may be taken to visit the elderly, small children, etc., often in an environment such as a care home or school, to provide comfort, excitement, and pleasure.Cf. pet therapy n. at pet n.² and adj. Compounds 2, comfort animal n. at comfort n. Additions, emotional support n.

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1986 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 5 Mar. 22/1 A program on therapy animals was given.

1988 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. (Connecticut Weekly section) 15/1 Last week, Cheer [sc. a golden retriever] received the Therapy Animal of the Year award from the Delta Society, a research organization..that studies interactions between animals and people.

2018 Sunderland Echo (Nexis) 28 Aug. The miniature Shetland was..rescued by Lisa... His work as a therapy animal with older people—as well as children with special needs—began after he visited the home where Lisa's husband worked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	therapy
释义	therapyn. Brit. /ˈθɛrəpi/, U.S. /ˈθɛrəpi/ Etymology: < modern Latin therapīa, < Greek θεραπεία healing: compare θεραπεύειν to attend medically. Compare French thérapie. 1. The medical treatment of disease; curative medical or psychiatric treatment. See also group therapy n. at group n. Compounds 1e, occupational therapy n. at occupational adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] leechcraftc888 lechningc1000 leechingc1000 physicc1385 cure1393 medication?a1425 medicament?a1525 medicinary1538 managery1597 treatment1744 therapy1846 therapeusis1853 medicamentation1885 magneto-therapy1889 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Monthly Rev.). 1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 26 The second [treats] of..general pathology and therapy. 1881 R. Virchow in Nature 11 Aug. 348/1 It will be pointed out to us..that therapy is to be replaced by hygiene. 1894 Lancet 3 Nov. 1044 Serum therapy..is a discovery belonging to M. Behring. 2. As the final element in words denoting treatment by means expressed in the first element, as actinotherapy n., chemotherapy n., psychotherapy n., radiotherapy n., roentgenotherapy n. at roentgeno- comb. form , etc. Draft additions June 2021 therapy animal n. an animal used in pet therapy; esp. one which may be taken to visit the elderly, small children, etc., often in an environment such as a care home or school, to provide comfort, excitement, and pleasure.Cf. pet therapy n. at pet n.² and adj. Compounds 2, comfort animal n. at comfort n. Additions, emotional support n. ΚΠ 1986 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 5 Mar. 22/1 A program on therapy animals was given. 1988 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. (Connecticut Weekly section) 15/1 Last week, Cheer [sc. a golden retriever] received the Therapy Animal of the Year award from the Delta Society, a research organization..that studies interactions between animals and people. 2018 Sunderland Echo (Nexis) 28 Aug. The miniature Shetland was..rescued by Lisa... His work as a therapy animal with older people—as well as children with special needs—began after he visited the home where Lisa's husband worked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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