therapeutic
adjective
- treating a medical condition
- offering relief via therapy
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ / /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/ / [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk]
adj
Etymology: From Middle English terapeucia, 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”).
- Of, or relating to therapy.
““We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep.”
- Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
“Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.”
“His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English terapeucia, 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”).
- A therapeutic agent