Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, n.
One of the Therapeutae.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\,
a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, Gr. ?, from ? attendant, servant, ?
to serve, take care of, treat medically, ? attendant,
servant.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering
and applying remedies for diseases; curative. "Therapeutic or
curative physic." --Sir T. Browne.
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Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or
the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the
art of restoring it. --I. Watts.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
therapeutic
adj 1: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of
herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial
surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and
fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
[syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial,
sanative]
2: relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to
criminality" [syn: therapeutical]
WordNet (r) 2.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "therapeutic":
adjuvant, aidful, alterative, analeptic, beneficial, conducive,
constructive, contributory, corrective, curative, furthersome,
good for, healing, healthy, helpful, iatric, medical, medicative,
medicinal, positive, profitable, remedial, restorative, salubrious,
salutary, sanative, sanatory, serviceable, theriac, useful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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