therapy
US: /ˈθɛɹəpi/
UK: /θˈɛɹəpi/
UK: /θˈɛɹəpi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
therapy /,θerə'pju:tiks/ (therapy) /'θerəpi/
- danh từ, số nhiều dùng như số ít
- (y học) phép chữa bệnh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural therapies)
1 [U, C] the treatment of a physical problem or an illness: Most patients undergo some sort of drug therapy (= treatment using drugs) for leukaemia. + alternative / complementary / natural therapies (= treatments that do not use traditional drugs) + (figurative) The next stage in the economic shock therapy will be freeing energy prices.
2 [U] = PSYCHOTHERAPY: a therapy group / session + She's in therapy.
See also -
+ noun
[U] the treatment of mental illness by discussing sb's problems with them rather than by giving them drugs
psychotherapist (also therapist) noun
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 remedy, treatment, remedial programme; cure:
As therapy, he suggested I swim a mile every day.
2 psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, analysis, group therapy:
If it weren't for my weekly therapy sessions, I'd never see anyone.
Collocation dictionary
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
Concise English dictionary
therapies'θerəpɪ
noun
+(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
