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therapist
[ther-uh-pist]
noun
a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
a person trained in the use of psychological methods for helping patients overcome psychological problems.
Also therapeutist a person, as a doctor, skilled in therapeutics. therapeutics.
ˈٳ辱
/ ˈθɛəɪ /
noun
a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
a physical therapist
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of therapist1
Example Sentences
Chiropractors, physical therapists and some massage therapists are trained in assisted stretching — but stretch therapists can’t do what they do.
I need your therapist for that as well.
I wanted to drag Song straight to a couple’s therapist and say: I want to commit, but she cheats.
“It’s become my church, my gym and my therapist,” she said, as pulsing rhythm and blues played from a portable speaker inside the large sorting room.
Though, “the graffiti is tough — I appreciate the sentiment, but someone’s gotta clean it up,” said Wright, a 37-year-old physical therapist.
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