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noun
A (nonscientific or pseudoscientific) form of (alleged) medical therapy involving telepathy; also (archaically) called the absent treatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quackery, therapy
noun
Radiotherapy using a source of ionizing radiation at some distance from the patient, typically tens of centimetres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Broader terms: radiation therapy, radiotherapy, therapy
noun
Talk therapy delivered remotely via telecommunications such as telephone audio calls and video calls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychotherapy, therapy, telehealth, telemedicine
History
From tele- + therapy; formed in the 19th century.
From tele- + therapy; formed circa the 1940s.
From tele- + therapy; formed in the 21st century.
