terapia
therapy; treatment
noun teh-RAH-pyah Rare
Origin: Greek therapeia (healing, service)
Usage Note
Terapia is used broadly for any medical or psychological treatment: terapia farmacologica ('drug therapy'), terapia di coppia ('couples therapy'). The phrase essere in terapia means 'to be in therapy/treatment'. The plural is regular: terapie. Unlike English 'therapy', it does not typically stand alone to mean psychotherapy — Italians usually specify psicoterapia.
Examples
"Il medico ha prescritto una terapia antibiotica."
Natural Translation
The doctor prescribed an antibiotic course of treatment.
Literal Translation
The doctor has prescribed a therapy antibiotic.
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