therapeutic

English

Alternative forms

• therapeutick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɛɹəˈpjuːtɪk/, 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Therapeutic or curative physic.

   • (Can we date this quote by Isaac Watts and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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

Derived terms

• aerotherapeutic
• antitherapeutic
• aromatherapeutic
• autotherapeutic
• bacteriotherapeutic
• bibliotherapeutic
• biotherapeutic
• brachytherapeutic
• cardiotherapeutic
• chemotherapeutic
• chromotherapeutic
• chronotherapeutic
• chrysotherapeutic
• climatotherapeutic
• countertherapeutic
• cybertherapeutic
• cytotherapeutic
• electrotherapeutic
• gerontotherapeutic
• heliotherapeutic
• homeotherapeutic
• hydrotherapeutic
• hypnotherapeutic
• immunotherapeutic
• logotherapeutic
• magnetotherapeutic
• mechanotherapeutic
• metallotherapeutic
• monotherapeutic
• moralistic therapeutic deism
• multitherapeutic
• nanotherapeutic
• narcotherapeutic
• neurotherapeutic
• nontherapeutic
• oligotherapeutic
• organotherapeutic
• osmotherapeutic
• pedotherapeutic
• pharmacotherapeutic
• phototherapeutic
• physiotherapeutic
• phytotherapeutic
• pneumotherapeutic
• pretherapeutic
• pseudotherapeutic
• psychotherapeutic
• pyrotherapeutic
• radiotherapeutic
• sclerotherapeutic
• serotherapeutic
• sociotherapeutic
• somatotherapeutic
• subtherapeutic
• supertherapeutic
• supratherapeutic
• teletherapeutic
• thalassotherapeutic
• therapeutic abortion
• therapeutical
• therapeutically
• therapeutic boarding school
• therapeuticize
• therapeutic touch
• therapeutic use exemption
• therapeutic vaccine
• therapeutic window
• thermotherapeutic
• untherapeutic
• vegetotherapeutic
• zootherapeutic

 

Translations

of, or relating to therapy

• Catalan: terapèutic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 治療的／治疗的 (zh), 治疗的 (zh) (zhìliáo de)

• Czech: léčebný (cs) m, terapeutický
• Finnish: terapeuttinen (fi)
• French: thérapeutique (fr)
• Galician: terapéutico (gl)
• German: therapeutisch (de)
• Hungarian: terápiás (hu), gyógyászati (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: terapèutico
• Japanese: 治療の (ja) (ちりょうの, chiryō no)
• Korean: 치료상의 (chiryosang'ui)
• Polish: terapeutyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: terapêutico (pt) m, terapêutica (pt) f
• Romanian: terapeutic (ro) m or n
• Russian: терапевти́ческий (ru) (terapevtíčeskij), лече́бный (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)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκέσιμος (akésimos)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: terápiás (hu), gyógyító (hu), gyógyhatású (hu), gyógy-
• Maori: haumanu

Noun

therapeutic (plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent

Further reading

• “therapeutic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “therapeutic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “therapeutic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Interlingua

Adjective

therapeutic (not comparable)

1. therapeutic (pertaining to therapy)

Related terms

• therapia