medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury

chemotherapy - the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)

correction - treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"

electric healing, electrical healing, galvanism - the therapeutic application of electricity to the body

heliotherapy, insolation - therapeutic exposure to sunlight

hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, HRT - hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis

immunotherapy - therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system

infrared therapy - the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body

inflation therapy - therapy in which water or oxygen or a drug is introduced into the respiratory tract with inhaled air

electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy - therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues

medication - the act of treating with medicines or remedies

megavitamin therapy - therapy based on a theory that taking very large doses of vitamins will prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders

physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy - the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)

psychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

actinotherapy, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, irradiation, radiation - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance

shock therapy, shock treatment - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions

speech therapy - any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech

refrigeration - deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath"

thermotherapy - the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles

thrombolytic therapy - therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot

medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques