About The Word Therapeutic
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Therapeutic
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What's The Definition Of Therapeutic?
[adj] tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
[adj] relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" Synonyms | Synonyms for Therapeutic: alterative | curative | healing(p) | healthful | remedial | sanative | therapeutical Related Terms | Find terms related to Therapeutic: See Also | Therapeutic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Ther`a*peu"tic\, n. One of the Therapeut[ae]. |
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