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therapee

therapee noun: one who undergoes therapy; the patient of a therapist.

Noun

therapee (plural therapees)

  1. One who undergoes therapy; the patient of a therapist.
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Forms of therapee

pluraltherapees

Origin of therapee

From therapy + -ee.

Questions about therapee

What does therapee mean?
Therapee means one who undergoes therapy; the patient of a therapist.
What part of speech is therapee?
Therapee is a noun.
What is the plural of therapee?
The plural of therapee is therapees.

Words near therapee in the dictionary

  1. theralites
  2. theralitic
  3. theranostic
  4. theranostics
  5. therap
  6. therapee
  7. therapees
  8. therapese
  9. therapeuses
  10. therapeusis
  11. Therapeut

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