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therapeutic

the·ra·peu·tic

UK/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ US/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/ uncommon

adjective

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”
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2.

relating to or involved in therapy

  • “therapeutic approach to criminality”
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Origin

From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from 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”).

Phrases

  • moralistic therapeutic deism
  • therapeutic abortion
  • therapeutic boarding school
  • therapeutic index
  • therapeutic touch
  • therapeutic use exemption
  • therapeutic vaccine
  • therapeutic window

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