therapeutic
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From New Latin therapeuticus (“‘curing, healing’”) < Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikos), “‘attentive, helpful, obliging, curative’”) < θεραπευτής (therapeutēs), “‘one who waits on another, an attendant’”) < θεραπεύω (therapeuō), “‘I wait on, attend, serve, cure’”).
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- enPR: thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk
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therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)
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of, or relating to therapy
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[edit] External links
- therapeutic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- therapeutic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- therapeutic at OneLook® Dictionary Search
