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therapist

[ther-uh-pist]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a person trained in the use of psychological methods for helping patients overcome psychological problems.

  3. Also therapeutist a person, as a doctor, skilled in therapeutics. therapeutics.



ˈٳ辱

/ ˈθɛəɪ /

noun

  1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

    a physical therapist

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of therapist1

First recorded in 1885–90; therap(y) + -ist
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Chiropractors, physical therapists and some massage therapists are trained in assisted stretching — but stretch therapists can’t do what they do.

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I need your therapist for that as well.

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I wanted to drag Song straight to a couple’s therapist and say: I want to commit, but she cheats.

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“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.

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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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