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
- IPA(key): /θɛɹəˈpjuːtɪk/, enPR: thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk
Adjective
therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)
- Of, or relating to therapy.
- Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
Synonyms
- therapeutical
- curative
- remedial
Derived terms
Related terms
- therapeutical
- therapist
- therapy
Translations
Noun
therapeutic (plural therapeutics)
- (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)
- therapeutic (pertaining to therapy)
Related terms
- therapia