therapeutic

English Online Dictionary. What means therapeutic‎? What does therapeutic mean?

English

Alternative forms

• therapeutick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/,
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/, [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk],
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tɪk/, [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾɪk],

Adjective

therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)

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

Synonyms

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

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Translations

Noun

therapeutic (plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent

Further reading

• “therapeutic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “therapeutic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “therapeutic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Interlingua

Adjective

therapeutic (not comparable)

1. therapeutic (pertaining to therapy)

Related terms

• therapia