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Where does “neurotherapy” come from?

neurotherapy (English) comes from English therapy, from New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω, from Ancient Greek -εύω, from Ancient Greek -εύς — Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...

neurotherapy (English): The treatment of nervous diseases

Definitions

  1. The treatment of nervous diseases

Ancestry of “neurotherapy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtherapyAttempted remediation of a health problem...
2New Latintherapīa—
3Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
4Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
5Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
6Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...
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