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ther⋅a⋅peu⋅tic

  [ther-uh-pyoo-tik]
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–adjective Also, ther⋅a⋅peu⋅ti⋅cal.
1. of or pertaining to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
–noun
2. a therapeutic substance.
Origin:
1535–45; < NL therapeuticus < Gk therapeutikós, equiv. to therapeú(ein) to attend, treat medically (akin to therápōn attendant) + -tikos -tic

Related forms:
ther⋅a⋅peu⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ther·a·peu·tic   (thěr'ə-pyōō'tĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Having or exhibiting healing powers: a therapeutic agent; therapeutic exercises.
  2. Of or relating to the medical treatment of a disease or condition.

[New Latin therapeuticus, from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeutēs, one who administers, from therapeuein, to serve, administer treatment, from theraps, therap-, attendant; see therapy.]
ther'a·peu'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Therapeutic

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.

Therapeutic

Ther`a*peu"tic\, n. One of the Therapeut[ae].
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Language Translation for : therapeutic
Spanish: terapéutico,
German: therapeutisch,
Japanese: 治療の
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therapeutic 
of or pertaining to the healing of disease, 1646, probably shortened from therapeutical (1605), from Mod.L. therapeuticus "curing, healing," from Gk. therapeutikos, from therapeutes "one ministering," from therapeutein "to cure, treat," of unknown origin, related to therapon (gen. therapontos) "attendant." Therapeutic was used from 1541 as a noun meaning "the branch of medicine concerned with treatment of disease."
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Main Entry: ther·a·peu·tic
Pronunciation: -'pyüt-ik
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to the treatment of disease ordisorders by remedial agents or methods therapeutic occupation>
2 : CURATIVE, MEDICINAL <therapeutic activity of a drug> —ther·a·peu·ti·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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therapeutic ther·a·peu·tic (thěr'ə-py&oomacr;'tĭk) or ther·a·peu·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.

  1. Having or exhibiting healing powers.
  2. Of or relating to therapeutics.

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