therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist +

1. The treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by physical methods, such as massage, exercise, and the application of heat, light, fresh air, and other external influences.
2. The treatment of pain, disease, or injury by physical means other than with medical, surgical, or radiologic measures.
3. The treatment of injuries and physical disabilities by a trained person under the supervision of a specialist in physical medicine.

Treatment with the use of an extract of placental tissue.

Therapeutic use of blood plasma, as in treating shock.

Treatment of diseases, especially of the lungs, by inhalation of compressed or rarefied air.

Treatment of foot ailments with mechanical devices; such as, arch supports, orthoses, etc.

1. Treatment in which doctors use nuclear technology and magnets to fire protons into tumors at about two thirds the speed of light.

Proton therapy's promise lies in its ability to destroy cancerous cells while sparing healthy cells half a millimeter away, reducing side effects. It also allows doctors to ramp up the radiation dose, theoretically improving cure rates.

The precise targeting is possible because the subatomic particles release the bulk of their destructive energy beneath the skin, at the tumor's depth, rather than near the surface, as X-rays do; and while standard radiation tends to cause damage to healthy tissues on the far side of tumor, protons slow and stop as they release their energy pulse, eliminating a harmful exit dose.

2. A precise form of radiation treatment for cancer and other conditions.

It is said to minimize damage to healthy tissue and surrounding organs, and such proton treatment is considered to be highly successful and it results in fewer side effects.

A false treatment of some malady.

The treatment of an ailment with the application of cold.

Treatment of disease by inducing an artificial fever in the patient.

A former term was pyretotherapy.

1. The medical specialty concerned with the use of electromagnetic or particulate radiation in the treatment of disease.
2. The treatment of disease by means of X-rays or other forms of ionizing radiation.

1. The treatment of some morbid condition by exciting a reflex action, as in the household treatment of nosebleed with a piece of ice applied to the cervical spine.
2. Form of homuncular acupuncture whose focus is the foot.

The treatment that involves the injection of a sclerosing (hardening) solution into vessels or tissues.

Treatment of a disease or infection with an injection of an antitoxin or serum that contains specific antibodies; serum-therapy.

1. Treatment of physical disorders.
2. In psychiatry, a variety of therapeutic interventions that employ chemical or physical, as opposed to psychological, methods.

Radiotherapy using a source of radiation at a distance from the patient.