therapeutic
/ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk
/adjective
1Relating to the healing of disease: diagnostic and therapeutic facilities...
- He drafted a Bill to do just that, but to allow therapeutic cloning for disease research.
- It is an energy-based therapeutic approach to healing, which uses a variety of techniques to treat the human energy system.
- It banned a drug which had considerable therapeutic value and was far less harmful than many other medicines.
Synonyms
healing, curative, curing, remedial, medicinal, restorative, health-giving, tonic, sanative, reparative, corrective, ameliorative, beneficial, good, salubrious, salutary
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rare iatric
1.1Administered or applied for reasons of health: a therapeutic shampoo...
- And the latter had recently announced that plastic surgery, except for specifically therapeutic reasons, was a sin.
- There are very sound therapeutic reasons for docking lambs' tails that certainly do not apply to dogs.
- He pierced her amniotic sac, making a therapeutic abortion necessary.
1.2Having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a sense of well-being: a therapeutic silence...
- Paradoxically it is this smell that contributes to the therapeutic effect of garlic on the body.
- It is believed that swimming with dolphins has a therapeutic effect.
- Some brands of yogurt contain sufficient quantities of viable organisms to have a therapeutic effect.
noun
1 (therapeutics) The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents.Finally, therapeutics, which addresses asthma prevention, disease modification, and reversal of underlying mechanisms, are of particular need and importance.
2A treatment, therapy, or drug: current therapeutics for asthma
Derivatives
therapeutical
- ‘People with multiple sclerosis can be aided by early intervention and proper ongoing medical and therapeutical care,’ she said.
- According to the military court, the act of dunking a drunk's head in cold water ‘is intended to subdue or revive rather than to chastise; therapeutical rather than degredational.’
- During the development of the prototype the team conferred with various medical and therapeutical institutions to ensure that it met medical requirements.
therapeutically
/ adverb ...- Thus, it is not just the visual contents of the photographs themselves that are so therapeutically important, but also everything that happens while the client is interacting with them.
- It is apparently used therapeutically as an anticholinergic.
- Some people use it therapeutically for conditions like arthritis and other diseases that cause painful joints, for digestive problems, and for skin problems.
therapeutist
- The value of vitamins in the diet has been a burning subject among research chemists and therapeutists alike.
- She called the therapeutist but he couldn't hear her.
- The therapeutic relationship excludes any other form of relationship between the therapeutist and his patient.
Origin
Mid 17th century: via modern Latin from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeuein 'minister to, treat medically'.