therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist
(Greek: heal, cure; treatment; service done to the sick, [a waiting on])
Vaccination to confer local immunity.
toxinotherapy
The treatment of wounds and injuries, or traumas; as a result of a physical damage.
The medical treatment of wounds or injuries.
trophotherapy
Diet or nutritional treatment.
tuberculotherapy
The treatment of tuberculous patients by feeding them with the raw flesh of animals affected by tuberculosis.
1. The treatment of a disease with an appropriate vaccine.
2. Use of vaccines in therapy.
2. Use of vaccines in therapy.
vaccinotherapy
The therapeutic use of vaccines.
A treatment that uses an aerosol or mist, either of simple moisture or containing medicinal substances.
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.
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.
zomotherapy
A medical treatment of a disease with a diet of raw meat or meat juice.
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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