From nl. therapeuticus, from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός, from θεραπευτής ("one who waits on another, an attendant"), from θεραπεύω ("I wait on, attend, serve, cure").

• • (British) IPA: /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/,
  • (America, Canada) IPA: /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/, [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk],
  • (Australia) IPA: /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tɪk/, [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾɪk],

therapeutic

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
   • 2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process:

     His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC ↗:

     Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

• therapeutical
• therapist
• therapy

• French: thérapeutique
• German: therapeutisch
• Italian: terapeutico
• Portuguese: terapêutico, terapêutica
• Russian: терапевти́ческий
• Spanish: terapéutico

therapeutic (plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent