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THERAPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
Example:
heat therapy gave the best relief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("therapy" is a kind of...):
medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "therapy"):
thrombolytic therapy (therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot)
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)
refrigeration (deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes)
speech therapy (any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech)
shock therapy; shock treatment (treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions)
actinotherapy; irradiation; radiation; radiation therapy; radiotherapy ((medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance)
psychotherapy (the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means)
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))
physiatrics; physical therapy; physiotherapy (therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities)
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)
megavitamin therapy (therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders)
medication (the act of treating with medicines or remedies)
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)
inflation therapy (therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air)
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)
immunotherapy (therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system)
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)
heliotherapy; insolation (therapeutic exposure to sunlight)
electric healing; electrical healing; electrotherapy; galvanism (the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis))
correction (treatment of a specific defect)
chemotherapy (the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness))
aromatherapy (the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage)
Derivation:
therapeutic; therapeutical (relating to or involved in therapy)
therapist (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)
Context examples:
A drug used in photodynamic therapy; it is absorbed by tumor cells and, when exposed to light, becomes active and kills the cancer cells.
(Methyl-5-aminolevulinate, NCI Dictionary)
The study may have implications for the future development of type 2 diabetes therapies that target and protect beta cells.
(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A clonal T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy.
(Monomorphic T/NK-Cell Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
Radiolabelled MoAb muJ591 may be used in prostate cancer diagnosis and therapy.
(Monoclonal Antibody muJ591, NCI Thesaurus)
Active surveillance may be used to avoid or delay the need for treatments such as radiation therapy or surgery, which can cause side effects or other problems.
(Active surveillance, NCI Dictionary)
Treatments include chemotherapy, other drugs, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants, and targeted therapy.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
It is being studied in the treatment of dry mouth caused by radiation therapy for cancer.
(Acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, NCI Dictionary)
A person trained in acupuncture (therapy that uses thin needles inserted through the skin at specific points on the body to control pain and other symptoms).
(Acupuncturist, NCI Dictionary)
Treatments include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplants, and targeted therapy.
(Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Therapy that uses one type of treatment, such as radiation therapy or surgery alone, to treat a certain disease or condition.
(Monotherapy, NCI Dictionary)
