therapy | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.), the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury, he tried every treatment the doctors suggested, heat therapy gave the best relief |
hormone replacement therapy hormoneeplacement therapy HRT | hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women, believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis |
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 |
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 |
physical therapy physiotherapy physiatrics | therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities |
phytotherapy herbal therapy botanical medicine | the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) |
behavior therapy behavior modification | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
aversion therapy | any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way, primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success) |
exposure therapy | a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation |
implosion therapy flooding | a technique used in behavior therapy, client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them |
reciprocal inhibition reciprocal-inhibition therapy | a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it, a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety |
cliententered therapy | a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session |
group therapy group psychotherapy | psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist, interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic |
family therapy | any of several therapeutic approaches in which a family is treated as a whole |
play therapy | form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment |
radiotherapy radiation therapy radiation actinotherapy irradiation | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
radium therapy Curietherapy | the use of radium in radiation therapy |
Xay therapy | the therapeutic use of X rays |
shock therapy shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
electroconvulsive therapy electroshock electroshock therapy ECT | the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma |
insulin shock insulin shock therapy insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock metrazol shock therapy metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
speech therapy | any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech |
thrombolytic therapy | therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot |
autogenic therapy autogenic training autogenics | training patients in self-induced relaxation |
talk | the act of giving a talk to an audience, I attended an interesting talk on local history |
chalk talk | a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk |
drug cocktail highly active antiretroviral therapy HAART | a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors, used in treating AIDS and HIV |
palaver hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
double talk | deliberately unintelligible gibberish |
talk show chat show | a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience, in England they call a talk show a chat show |
blarney coaxing soft soap sweet talk | flattery designed to gain favor |
sass sassing backtalk back talk lip mouth | an impudent or insolent rejoinder, don't give me any of your sass |
d chitchat chithat chit chat small talk gab gabfest gossip tittle-tattle chin wag chin-wag chin wagging chin-wagging causerie b | light informal conversation for social occasions |
talk talking | an exchange of ideas via conversation, let's have more work and less talk around here |
shop talk | talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand |
prate prattle idle talk blether chin music | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
talk | discussion, (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'), his poetry contains much talk about love and anger |
table talk | conversation during a meal |
pillow talk | intimate conversation between lovers (typically occurring in bed) |
baby talk babytalk | the developing speech of a young child |
baby talk babytalk motherese | an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child |
talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
lecture public lecture talk | a speech that is open to the public, he attended a lecture on telecommunications |
pep talk | a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff |
sales talk sales pitch pitch | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
talk down | direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio, the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill |
negociate negotiate talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement, They negotiated the sale of the house |