therapies

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of therapy.

   Modern hospitals combine several therapies to speed recovery.

   Researchers compared two therapies in the clinical trial.

   Note

   The plural exists only because therapy is countable as well as uncountable. As a mass noun it names treatment in general, or psychotherapy in particular (she needs therapy). As a count noun it names distinct methods that can be listed, combined or compared. The same spelling also serves the rare verb form, though in almost every sentence the noun is the one meant.

2. 2
   verbrare

   Third-person singular simple present of therapy. A rare verb use.

   Note

   A form of a verb that is itself rare, and one that cuts both ways. Used transitively, it means treating someone with a therapy (she therapies her clients). Used intransitively, it means undergoing one, so a sentence like he therapies weekly could describe the patient rather than the practitioner. Because the verb is uncommon, treats or is in therapy usually reads more naturally.

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