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

(Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the sick, [a waiting on])

vaccinetherapy

1. The treatment of a disease with an appropriate vaccine.
2. Use of vaccines in therapy.

vapotherapy

The treatment of an ailment with vapor, steam, or spray.

vulcanotherapy, volcanotherapy

Treatment with hot-sulfur springs or other hot-mineral spring water either by bathing in it and/or by drinking it.

xylotherapy

1. The use of certain kinds of wood in the cure of disease.
2. Medical treatment by the application of certain woods to the body.
3. Certain kinds of wood applied to the skin to regain sensibililty to otherwise insensitive [non-feeling] skin.

zomotherapeutics

The use of raw meat, or the juices extracted from this source, in the treatment of tuberculosis.

zonetherapy

A technique in which different parts of the feet (or palms) are massaged to relieve conditions in other parts of the body with which they are held to be associated.

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