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therapying

therapying is the present participle and gerund of therapy.

Meaning of therapy

Verb

therapy (third-person singular simple present therapies, present participle therapying, simple past and past participle therapied)

  1. (rare, transitive) To treat with a therapy.
    • As is the case for therapying ectopic ACTH production, very high serum cortisol levels necessitate adrenolytic therapy with o,p'DDD (mitotane), metopirone, or aminogluthetimide.1998, Ursula Rüther, Paraneoplastic syndromes, page 5
  2. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.
    • Therapy has almost eliminated violence, and people are divided into groups — the "therapied" and the "un-therapied."1992, Talking Book Topics, page 35

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Questions about therapying

What is therapying the present participle and gerund of?
Therapying is the present participle and gerund of therapy.

Words near therapying in the dictionary

  1. therapy animals
  2. therapy speak
  3. therapy-speak
  4. therapygenetic
  5. therapygenetics
  6. therapying
  7. therapylike
  8. therapyspeak
  9. therasiaite
  10. theratoma
  11. theratomas

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