Where does “pharmacotherapy” come from?
Pharmacotherapy combines pharmacy, from Ancient Greek φάρμακον meaning drug, and therapy, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω meaning to attend or treat medically.
pharmacotherapy (English): The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Definitions
- The use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease
Ancestry of “pharmacotherapy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | therapy | Attempted remediation of a health problem... |
| 2 | New Latin | therapīa | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεία | a waiting on service; medical treatment |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεύω | to wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -εύω | Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εύς | Added to noun or adjective stems to form a... |
Words derived from “pharmacotherapy”