therapeuticn.

/θɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/

Forms: Also 1500s tera-.

Etymology: In sense 1, < modern Latin therapeutica, < Greek θεραπευτική (sc. τέχνη ) the art of healing, feminine singular of θεραπευτικός : see therapeutic adj. In French thérapeutique (16th cent.). In senses 2, 3 recent absolute uses of the adjective.

1. That branch of medicine which is concerned with the remedial treatment of disease; the art of healing.

a. In the singular. Now rare.Quot. 1890 may belong to 2b.

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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > therapeutics

therapeutic?1541

therapeutics1671

acology1813

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Aj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The fourth boke of the Terapeutyke or Methode curatyfe of Claude Galyen.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. ii^v Galen prince of phisicions in his Terapeutyk [printed Terapentyk] doth reprehend and disproue [it].

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 19 Who did likewise deuide Physicke..into two parts, to wit, that which we commonly call Therapeuticke..: and..that part which we call Diagnosticke.

1890 S. P. Lambros in Athenæum 30 Aug. 294/2 The modern therapeutic is far from having used all the sources of the ancients.

b. Now usually in the plural therapeutics n.

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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > therapeutics

therapeutic?1541

therapeutics1671

acology1813

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. i. 324* The Therapeuticks or Active part of Physick, is either Material, or Relative.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch p. ii The Chinese also have made that a part of their Therapeutics.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. vi. vi. §1 Students in politics..attempted to study the pathology and therapeutics of the social body, before they had laid the necessary foundation in its physiology.

a. A curative agent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > a cure or remedy

leechcraftc888

leechdoma900

bootOE

helpc1000

pigment?a1200

remedya1382

medicinea1393

application?a1425

sanativec1440

healer?1523

recovery1576

curative1577

mithridate1587

cure1623

presidy1657

therapeutic1842

therapeutical1845

1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 123 M. Roche acknowledges..that cold water has long been known as a therapeutic.

b. A doctor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun]

physician?c1225

leecherc1374

practiserc1387

doctora1400

flesh-leecha1400

leechman14..

mediciner?a1425

miria1425

M.D.1425

medicine?c1450

practitioner?1543

minister1559

doc1563

artist1565

medicus1570

medicianera1578

Aesculapius1586

Dra1593

pisspot1592

medician1597

physicianer1598

medicinary1599

pisspot1600

velvet-cap1602

healer1611

Galena1616

physiner1616

clyster1621

clyster-pipe1622

hakim1623

medic1625

practicant1630

medico1647

physicker1649

physicster1689

Aesculapian1694

nim-gimmer1699

pill-monger1706

medical man1784

meester1812

medical1823

pill-gilder1824

therapeutist1830

pill1835

pill roller1843

med1851

pill-peddler1855

therapeutic1858

squirt1859

medicine man1866

pill pusher1879

therapist1886

doser1888

internist1894

pill-shooter1911

whitecoat1911

quack1919

vet1925

1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 429 Medical society... Some of the therapeutics were tolerably good company.

3. plural = Therapeutae n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > therapeutism > persons

Therapeutae1681

therapeutic1847

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Therapeutics,..a religious sect described by Philo. They were devotees to religion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

therapeuticadj.

Etymology: In sense 1, < modern Latin therapeuticus, < Greek θεραπευτικός , < θεραπευτής , agent-noun. < θεραπεύειν to minister to, treat medically, < θέραψ , θεραπ- attendant, minister. In sense 2, from the name of the Therapeutæ.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: theraˈpeutic.

1. Of or pertaining to the healing of disease. Also loosely in weakened use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]

medicinala1384

wholesomea1387

healinga1398

medicinablea1398

restorativea1398

sanative14..

curatory?a1425

remediable1437

mildlya1475

curable1483

recurablea1500

curative1525

eradicative1543

good1580

physical1580

medicable1590

sanable1598

balsamic1605

therapeutical1606

medicinary1607

medicative1644

medical1646

therapeutic1646

salutary1649

salvative1653

boethetic1656

medicamentary1656

recuperatory1656

sanitating1656

medicamental1657

medicamentous1659

medicating1705

balmy1747

salving1751

sanatorya1832

salubrious1855

medicatory1864

recuperative1872

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 230 Therapeutick or curative Physick, we term that, which..taketh away diseases actually affecting.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Therapeutick part of Medicine, is that which treats of the healing or curing of diseases.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 577 Here the fundamental therapeutic principles are proposed.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 196 It has long been used as a therapeutic agent.

1970 Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 15 She doesn't get bad-tempered; she merely picks up the piece of patchwork she is working on. ‘It is so peaceful and relaxing, quite therapeutic.’

1982 L. Chamberlain Food & Cooking of Russia 253 Bread-making in the last century was a continuous process rather than a therapeutic exercise on a wet afternoon.

2. Of or pertaining to the Therapeutæ.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [adjective] > therapeutism

therapeutic1681

1681 Bp. S. Parker Demonstr. Divine Authority ii. xviii. 248 Philo affirms that this Therapeutick Sect prayed onely twice a day.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Therapeutes Josephus, who gives a very ample Account of the Essenes, does not say one Word of the Therapeutæ, or the Therapeutic Life.

1875 Expositor 429 Members of the Essene or Therapeutic communities.

Compounds

Special collocations.

therapeutic community n. a residential unit comprising staff and certain classes of mentally or behaviourally disturbed patients run in a deliberately informal manner to encourage social reintegration and rehabilitation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > residential unit for rehabilitation

therapeutic community1964

1964 G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? viii. 167 In the past decade, reformers have gone a step further, attempting to put inmate and authority on the same level: partners in a ‘therapeutic community’. This endearing phrase originated at Belmont.

1977 Lancet 24 Dec. 1344/2 Common-milieu therapy, used by most therapeutic communities, is probably best regarded as re-educative psychotherapy.

therapeutic index n. the ratio of the lethal or toxic dose of a drug to the therapeutically effective dose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [noun] > in doses > toxic or therapeutic ratio

therapeutic index1942

1942 H. R. Rosenberg Chem. & Physiol. Vitamins 150 The therapeutic index [of vitamin B₁]..is extremely high.

1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse iii. 200 It had a narrow therapeutic index, that is, a small difference between the ‘curative’ dose that would kill trypanosomes in human blood and the ‘tolerated’ dose beyond which the host would suffer damage.

Draft additions September 2003

therapeutic touch n. Alternative Medicine a form of therapy in which the therapist's hands pass over the patient, involving little or no physical contact.

ΚΠ

1975 D. Krieger in Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 75 784/1 Therapeutic touch..consists of the simple placing of the hands for about 10 to 15 minutes on or close to the body of an ill person by someone who intends to help or heal that person.

2001 Alternative Therapies in Health & Med. Mar. 94/1 A cohort of senior nurses..support teaching and practice biofeedback, therapeutic touch, and other alternative therapies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	therapeutic
释义	therapeuticn. /θɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/ Forms: Also 1500s tera-. Etymology: In sense 1, < modern Latin therapeutica, < Greek θεραπευτική (sc. τέχνη ) the art of healing, feminine singular of θεραπευτικός : see therapeutic adj. In French thérapeutique (16th cent.). In senses 2, 3 recent absolute uses of the adjective. 1. That branch of medicine which is concerned with the remedial treatment of disease; the art of healing. a. In the singular. Now rare.Quot. 1890 may belong to 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > therapeutics therapeutic?1541 therapeutics1671 acology1813 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Aj, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The fourth boke of the Terapeutyke or Methode curatyfe of Claude Galyen. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. ii^v Galen prince of phisicions in his Terapeutyk [printed Terapentyk] doth reprehend and disproue [it]. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 19 Who did likewise deuide Physicke..into two parts, to wit, that which we commonly call Therapeuticke..: and..that part which we call Diagnosticke. 1890 S. P. Lambros in Athenæum 30 Aug. 294/2 The modern therapeutic is far from having used all the sources of the ancients. b. Now usually in the plural therapeutics n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > therapeutics therapeutic?1541 therapeutics1671 acology1813 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. i. 324* The Therapeuticks or Active part of Physick, is either Material, or Relative. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch p. ii The Chinese also have made that a part of their Therapeutics. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic II. vi. vi. §1 Students in politics..attempted to study the pathology and therapeutics of the social body, before they had laid the necessary foundation in its physiology. 2. a. A curative agent. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > a cure or remedy leechcraftc888 leechdoma900 bootOE helpc1000 pigment?a1200 remedya1382 medicinea1393 application?a1425 sanativec1440 healer?1523 recovery1576 curative1577 mithridate1587 cure1623 presidy1657 therapeutic1842 therapeutical1845 1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 123 M. Roche acknowledges..that cold water has long been known as a therapeutic. b. A doctor. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] physician?c1225 leecherc1374 practiserc1387 doctora1400 flesh-leecha1400 leechman14.. mediciner?a1425 miria1425 M.D.1425 medicine?c1450 practitioner?1543 minister1559 doc1563 artist1565 medicus1570 medicianera1578 Aesculapius1586 Dra1593 pisspot1592 medician1597 physicianer1598 medicinary1599 pisspot1600 velvet-cap1602 healer1611 Galena1616 physiner1616 clyster1621 clyster-pipe1622 hakim1623 medic1625 practicant1630 medico1647 physicker1649 physicster1689 Aesculapian1694 nim-gimmer1699 pill-monger1706 medical man1784 meester1812 medical1823 pill-gilder1824 therapeutist1830 pill1835 pill roller1843 med1851 pill-peddler1855 therapeutic1858 squirt1859 medicine man1866 pill pusher1879 therapist1886 doser1888 internist1894 pill-shooter1911 whitecoat1911 quack1919 vet1925 1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 429 Medical society... Some of the therapeutics were tolerably good company. 3. plural = Therapeutae n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [noun] > therapeutism > persons Therapeutae1681 therapeutic1847 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Therapeutics,..a religious sect described by Philo. They were devotees to religion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). therapeuticadj. Etymology: In sense 1, < modern Latin therapeuticus, < Greek θεραπευτικός , < θεραπευτής , agent-noun. < θεραπεύειν to minister to, treat medically, < θέραψ , θεραπ- attendant, minister. In sense 2, from the name of the Therapeutæ.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: theraˈpeutic. 1. Of or pertaining to the healing of disease. Also loosely in weakened use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] medicinala1384 wholesomea1387 healinga1398 medicinablea1398 restorativea1398 sanative14.. curatory?a1425 remediable1437 mildlya1475 curable1483 recurablea1500 curative1525 eradicative1543 good1580 physical1580 medicable1590 sanable1598 balsamic1605 therapeutical1606 medicinary1607 medicative1644 medical1646 therapeutic1646 salutary1649 salvative1653 boethetic1656 medicamentary1656 recuperatory1656 sanitating1656 medicamental1657 medicamentous1659 medicating1705 balmy1747 salving1751 sanatorya1832 salubrious1855 medicatory1864 recuperative1872 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 230 Therapeutick or curative Physick, we term that, which..taketh away diseases actually affecting. View more context for this quotation 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Therapeutick part of Medicine, is that which treats of the healing or curing of diseases. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 577 Here the fundamental therapeutic principles are proposed. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 196 It has long been used as a therapeutic agent. 1970 Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 15 She doesn't get bad-tempered; she merely picks up the piece of patchwork she is working on. ‘It is so peaceful and relaxing, quite therapeutic.’ 1982 L. Chamberlain Food & Cooking of Russia 253 Bread-making in the last century was a continuous process rather than a therapeutic exercise on a wet afternoon. 2. Of or pertaining to the Therapeutæ. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Judaism > Jewish sects > [adjective] > therapeutism therapeutic1681 1681 Bp. S. Parker Demonstr. Divine Authority ii. xviii. 248 Philo affirms that this Therapeutick Sect prayed onely twice a day. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Therapeutes Josephus, who gives a very ample Account of the Essenes, does not say one Word of the Therapeutæ, or the Therapeutic Life. 1875 Expositor 429 Members of the Essene or Therapeutic communities. Compounds Special collocations. therapeutic community n. a residential unit comprising staff and certain classes of mentally or behaviourally disturbed patients run in a deliberately informal manner to encourage social reintegration and rehabilitation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > residential unit for rehabilitation therapeutic community1964 1964 G. L. Cohen What's Wrong with Hospitals? viii. 167 In the past decade, reformers have gone a step further, attempting to put inmate and authority on the same level: partners in a ‘therapeutic community’. This endearing phrase originated at Belmont. 1977 Lancet 24 Dec. 1344/2 Common-milieu therapy, used by most therapeutic communities, is probably best regarded as re-educative psychotherapy. therapeutic index n. the ratio of the lethal or toxic dose of a drug to the therapeutically effective dose. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [noun] > in doses > toxic or therapeutic ratio therapeutic index1942 1942 H. R. Rosenberg Chem. & Physiol. Vitamins 150 The therapeutic index [of vitamin B₁]..is extremely high. 1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse iii. 200 It had a narrow therapeutic index, that is, a small difference between the ‘curative’ dose that would kill trypanosomes in human blood and the ‘tolerated’ dose beyond which the host would suffer damage. Draft additions September 2003 therapeutic touch n. Alternative Medicine a form of therapy in which the therapist's hands pass over the patient, involving little or no physical contact. ΚΠ 1975 D. Krieger in Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 75 784/1 Therapeutic touch..consists of the simple placing of the hands for about 10 to 15 minutes on or close to the body of an ill person by someone who intends to help or heal that person. 2001 Alternative Therapies in Health & Med. Mar. 94/1 A cohort of senior nurses..support teaching and practice biofeedback, therapeutic touch, and other alternative therapies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.?1541adj.1646
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