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

WESTPORT, February 16, 2000 (Reuters Health) - Testosterone therapy provides short-term relief of hypogonadal symptoms in men with symptomatic HIV infection, according to a multicenter group. Specifically, after six weeks of therapy, the subjects showed improvements in libido, energy levels, mood and muscle mass.

1. The treatment of an illness with sea bathing, sea-water bathing, sea voyages, etc.
2. Treatment of disease by sea air, sea baths, or even an ocean cruise, etc.

The treatment of an ailment with prayer or religious exercises.

Pertaining to therapeutics, or to the art of healing; curative.

1. The science and art of healing.
2. A scientific account of the treatment of disease.

Another name for a therapist.

A person skilled in the treatment of disease; often combined with a term indicating the specific type of disorder treated or a particular type of treatment rendered.

A medical nonbeliever.

1. Treatment of physical, mental, or behavioral problems that is meant to cure or rehabilitate someone.
2. The treatment of disease, illness, or some other physical disorder; therapeutics.

1. Treatment of the diseases of lower animals.
2. Animal therapeutics as practiced by veterinarians.

1. Medical treatment with the application of hot air.
2. The therapeutic use of hot air.

1. The branch of therapeutics concerned with the application of heat.
2. The medical treatment of an illness with the application of heat. Heat may be applied locally by radiant heating devices that give off infrared rays and by conductive heating that uses hot water bottles, paraffin baths, or moist hot packs.

The treatment of disease by a preparation of the thyroid glands of sheep.

The treatment of wounds and injuries, or traumas; as a result of a physical damage.

The treatment of tuberculous patients by feeding them with the raw flesh of animals affected by tuberculosis.