therapy (redirected from relaxation therapy)

ther·a·py  (thr-p)

n. pl. ther·a·pies

1. Treatment of illness or disability.

2. Psychotherapy.

3. Healing power or quality: the therapy of fresh air and sun.

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[New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein, to treat medically; see therapeutic.]

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therapy

Noun

pl -pies the treatment of physical, mental, or social disorders or disease [Greek therapeia attendance]

therapist n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

therapy - (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief" medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury aromatherapy - the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage chemotherapy - the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) correction - treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses" electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism - the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) heliotherapy, insolation - therapeutic exposure to sunlight hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, HRT - hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis immunotherapy - therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system infrared therapy - the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body inflation therapy - therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy - therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues medication - the act of treating with medicines or remedies megavitamin therapy - therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders occupational therapy - therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy - the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) psychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means actinotherapy, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, irradiation, radiation - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance shock therapy, shock treatment - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions speech therapy - any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech refrigeration - deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath" thermotherapy - the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles thrombolytic therapy - therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

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therapy

noun remedy, treatment, cure, healing, method of healing, remedial treatment

Translations

therapy [ˈθɛrəpɪ] n → terapia

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therapy [ˈθɛrəpɪ] n → thérapie f

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therapy [ˈθɛrəpɪ] n → Therapie f

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therapy [ˈθɛrəpɪ] n → terapia