therapeutic

English

Alternative forms

• therapeutick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikos, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutēs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeuō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk

Adjective

therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Therapeutic or curative physic.

   • Isaac Watts

     Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.

Synonyms

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

Related terms

• therapeutical
• therapist
• therapy

Translations

of, or relating to therapy

• Catalan: terapèutic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 治療的 (cmn), 治疗的 (cmn) (zhìliáo de)

• Czech: léčebný (cs) m, terapeutický (cs)
• Finnish: terapeuttinen (fi)
• French: thérapeutique (fr)
• German: therapeutisch (de)

• Japanese: 治療の (ja) (ちりょうの, chiryō no)
• Korean: 치료상의 (ko) (chiryosang-ui)
• Portuguese: terapêutico (pt) m, terapêutica (pt) f
• Romanian: terapeutic (ro) m and n
• Russian: терапевтический (ru) (terapevtíčeskij), лечебный (ru) (lečébnyj)
• Spanish: terapéutico (es)

having a positive effect on the body or mind

• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 可以起到療法作用的, 可以起到疗法作用的 (kěyǐ qǐdào liáofǎ zuòyòng de)

• Finnish: terapeuttinen (fi)
• Maori: haumanu (mi)

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