Meaning of THERAPEUTIC
| Pronunciation: | | `theru'pyootik
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- [adj] tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
- [adj] relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality"
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| | Synonyms: | | alterative, curative, healing(p), healthful, remedial, sanative, therapeutical |
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\Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\,
a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, Gr. ?, from ? attendant, servant, ?
to serve, take care of, treat medically, ? attendant,
servant.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering
and applying remedies for diseases; curative. ``Therapeutic
or curative physic.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Medicine is justly distributed into ``prophylactic,''
or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or
the art of restoring it. --I. Watts.
\Ther`a*peu"tic\, n.
One of the Therapeut[ae].
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| | Definition: | | Pertaining to treatment. |
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