theotherapy

theotherapy
Treatment of disease by prayer or religious exercises. [G. theos, god, + therapeia, therapy]

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theo·ther·a·py (the″o-therґə-pe) [Gr. theos god + therapy] the treatment of disease by prayer and religious exercises.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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