therapeutic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /θɛɹəˈpjuːtɪk/, enPR: thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk

Adjective

therapeutic

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

   • Therapeutic or curative physic.

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

Synonyms

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

Related terms

• therapeutical
• therapist
• therapy

Translations

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

Noun

therapeutic (plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent

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