therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist +
(Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the sick, [a waiting on])
dipsotherapy
1. Treatment by a strict limitation of the amount of water to be ingested.
2. Treatment of certain diseases by abstention, as far as possible, from liquids.
electrophototherapy
Phototherapy (light treatment) in which the source of the rays is the electric light.
electrotherapy, electrotherapeutics
Use of electricity in the treatment of disease.
emanotherapy, emanotherapeutics
An obsolete treatment of various diseases by means of radium emanation (radon), or other emanation.
embolotherapy
Occlusion of arteries by insertion of blood clots,Gelfoam, coils, balloons, etc., with an angiographic catheter; used for control of inoperable hemorrhage or preoperative management of highly vascular neoplasms.
endocrinotherapy
Treatment of disease by the administration of extracts of endocrine glands.
ergotherapy
Treatment of disease by muscular exercise or work.
faradotherapy
Treatment of disease or paralysis by means of faradic (induced) electric current.
ferrotherapy
The treatment of disease with iron.
galactotherapy
Treatment of disease by means of an exclusive or nearly exclusive milk diet; also, lactotherapy.
galvanotherapy
The treatment of disease with the application of direct (galvanic) current.
gerontotherapy
The treatment of disease in the aged; also, geriartric therapy.
hagiotherapy
The treatment of the sick by contact with relics of the saints, visits to shrines, and other religious observations.
helioaerotherapy
The treatment of disease by exposure to sunshine and fresh air.
heliotherapy, heliation, solar therapy, solar treatment
1. The use of the sun's rays for therapeutic (treatment) purposes.
2. The treatment of disease by exposing the body to sunlight.
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