English
Etymology
:hypno-, (taken as a combining form of hypnosis) + therapy.
Noun
hypnotherapy
- Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism.
#* 1897 - Lippincott's Medical Dictionary
#*: Hypnotherapy, the therapeutic use of hypnotism.
#* 1947 Leslie M. Lecron & Jean Bordeaux, Hypnotism Today
#*: Direct persuasive suggestion under hypnosis was the type of hypnotherapy used by the old medical practitioners of hypnotism.
#* 1960 The Spectator, November 25
#*: Scientific training is attempted in the...two-year Hypnotherapy Centre course.
Derived terms
hypnotherapist
hypnotherapeutic
hypnotherapeutically
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