therapeutic

 
Pronunciation: /ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/

adjective

  • relating to the healing of disease: diagnostic and therapeutic facilities
  • administered or applied for reasons of health: a therapeutic shampoo
  • having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a sense of well-being: a therapeutic silence

noun

  • 1 (therapeutics) the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents.
  • 2a treatment, therapy, or drug: current therapeutics for asthma

Derivatives

therapeutical

adjective

therapeutically

adverb

therapeutist

noun ( archaic)

Origin:

mid 17th century: via modern Latin from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeuein 'minister to, treat medically'

Spelling help

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