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noun
Date: 1886
one specializing in therapy; especially a person trained in methods of treatment and rehabilitation other than the use of drugs or surgery <a speech therapist>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
therapist
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therapist — [[t]θe̱rəpɪst[/t]] therapists N COUNT: usu supp N A therapist is a person who is skilled in a particular type of therapy. My therapist helped me feel my anger. ...family therapists … English dictionary
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therapist — ther|a|pist [ˈθerəpıst] n someone who has been trained to give a particular form of treatment for physical or mental illness ▪ a speech therapist … Dictionary of contemporary English
therapist — noun (C) someone who has been trained to give a particular form of treatment for physical or mental illness: a speech therapist … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
