therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist +
(Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the sick, [a waiting on])
hemotherapy, hemotherapeutics, hematherapy
The treatment of a disease with the administration of blood or blood products, such as blood plasma.
hepatotherapy
1. A rarely used term for the treatment of disease of the liver or therapeutic use of liver extract or of the raw substance of the liver.
2. The therapeutic use of liver extract or of the raw substance of the liver.
hidrotherapy
Therapy treatment with induced sweating; also, hydrosudotherapy.
hierotherapy
Treatment of disease by prayer and religious practices.
hippotherapy
Horseback riding as physical therapy for people who have cerebral palsy, autism, muscular dystrophy, polio, mental retardation, and other disabilities.
homeotherapy, homeotherapeutics
1. Treatment or prevention of a disease using the principles of homeopathy.
2. Therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
hormonotherapy
Treatment with hormones.
hydrosudotherapy
Hydrotherapy combined with induced sweating as in a Turkish bath, sauna, etc.; also hidrotherapy.
hydrotherapy, hydrotherapeutics
1. Treatment of an illness with water by external application, either for its pressure effect or as a means of applying physical energy to the tissues.
2. The external application of water; such as, in warm baths to relax or with cold compresses to reduce fevers.
hyperthermotherapy
The use of abnormally high body temperature, especially that which is induced for therapeutic purposes.
hypnotherapy
1. Psychotherapy that involves the use of hypnotism or treatment by inducing a trance-like sleep; especially, for treatment of chronic pain.
2. Therapy based on, or using hypnosis, especially for treatment of chronic pain.
3. The use of hypnosis as the major or sole modality of psychotherapy.
Hypnotherapy is defined by some as "psychotherapy" that uses hypnosis as part of its treatment in an effort to uncover events from a person's past that may be influencing someone's present thoughts.
It is emphasized by experts that "hypnosis in itself is not hypnotherapy."
immunotherapy
Originally, the therapeutic administration of serum containing preformed antibodies produced by another individual; currently it includes nonspecific systemic stimulation, adjuvants, active specific immunotherapy, and adoptive immunotherapy.
iodotherapy
1. Treatment of disease with iodine and its compounds.
2. The use of iodine medication, as in treating goiter due to iodine deficiency.
ionotherapy
The process of electric current traveling through a salt solution, causing migration of the metal (positive) ion to the negative pole and the radical (negative) ion to the positive pole; or the introduction of various ions into tissues through the skin by means of electricity.
isotherapy
The treatment of a disease by administering the active causative agent of the same disease.
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