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noun(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)type of:
Definition that contains therapy
- physiotherapy therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
- immunotherapy therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
- iontophoresis therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
- emda therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
- megavitamin therapy therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders
- ionic medication therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
- occupational therapy therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions
- physiatrics therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
- inflation therapy therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air
- osteopathy therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles