therapy

1. (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) (synset 100662334)
   "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"
   referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
   is a type of: medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury
   subtypes:

   • aromatherapy - the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage
   • chemotherapy - the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
   • correction - treatment of a specific defect
   • electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism - the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
   • heliotherapy, insolation - therapeutic exposure to sunlight
   • hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, hrt - hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
   • immunotherapy - therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
   • infrared therapy - the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body
   • inflation therapy - therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air
   • electromotive drug administration, emda, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy - therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
   • medication - the act of treating with medicines or remedies
   • megavitamin therapy - therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders
   • 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, physical therapy, physiotherapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
   • botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy - the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
   • psychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
   • actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
   • shock therapy, shock treatment - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
   • speech therapy - any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech
   • refrigeration - deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
   • thermotherapy - the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles
   • thrombolytic therapy - therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot

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