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-therapy

A word ending that means treatment.

THAIR-uh-pee suffix

What it means

The ending for a kind of treatment, named by the word part in front. Chemotherapy is treatment with drugs (originally chemicals), radiotherapy with radiation, physiotherapy with movement and exercise, and psychotherapy with talking (psych/oSY-kohA word root that means mind.Full entry = mind).

Related terms

psych/o

A word root that means mind.

-ist

A word ending that means a person who specializes in or practices something.

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