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According to the Oxford Names Companion, the name could possibly mean ‘ tree-trunk ( used as a footbridge ) of a man called Hydeca ’.
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, psychotherapy first meant " hypnotherapy " instead of " psychotherapy ".
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