therapy

therapy
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therapies
1) N-UNCOUNT Therapy is the treatment of someone with mental or physical illness without the use of drugs or operations.

In therapy, she began to let go of her obsession with Mike...

He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.

2) N-VAR: with supp A therapy is a particular treatment of someone with a particular illness. [MEDICAL]

...hormonal therapies.

...conventional drug therapy.


English dictionary. 2008.

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