therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist +
(Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the sick, [a waiting on])
neurotherapy, neurotherapeutics
The treatment of psychological, psychiatric, and nervous disorders.
nosotherapy
1. The medical treatment of a disease.
2. The use of one disease to treat another; such as, malaria-induced fever for the treatment of central nervous system syphilis.
odontotherapy
Treatment of diseases of the teeth.
oleotherapy
The treatment of an illness with an oil given internally or applied externally.
oncotherapy
The treatment of tumors, with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.
orchiotherapy
Medical treatment of the gonads with testicular extracts.
organotherapy, opotherapy
Treatment by the administration of preparations made from animal organs, especially glands; now frequently by synthetic preparations instead of extracts of a gland.
orthomechanotherapy
Treatment with braces, prostheses, orthotic devices, or appliances.
osmotherapy
1. Treatment by the intravenous injection of hypertonic solutions to produce dehydration.
2. Treatment of cerebral edema and increased intracranial pressure with dehydration by means of intravenous injections of osmotically active substances, or by oral administration of glycerine, glycine, etc.
pelotherapy
1. The application of peloids; such as, mud, peat, or clay, to all or part of the body as a therapeutic process.
2. Mud treatment, as with baths, packs, etc.
3. The therapeutic use of mud, sand, or earth; especially, in the treatment of skin diseases.
pharmacotherapy
The treatment of an illness or disease with drugs.
phlogotherapy
1. The injection of a foreign protein, typhoid vaccine, etc., to induce fever in the treatment of certain diseases; especially, those of a parasyphilitic nature.
2. An obsolete form of therapy in which a nonspecific local inflammation was induced for its supposed curative value.
photochemotherapy
The treatment of cancer by intravenous injection of a photosensitizing agent; such as, hematoporphyrin, followed by exposure to visible light of superficial tumors or deep tumors by a fiberotic probe.
phototherapy
1. The treatment of disease, e.g., herpes simplex, psoriasis, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, or seasonal affective disorder, by exposure to light; especially, by variously concentrated light rays of specific wavelengths.
2. The use of ultraviolet radiation in the treatment of skin deseases.
physiotherapist
1. A person who uses physical methods to treat certain ailments.
2. Someone who is competent and qualified to administer physiotherapy.
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