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Definition of Therapeutic
1. Noun. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
Group relationships: Intervention, Treatment
Specialized synonyms: Acoustic, Antidote, Counterpoison, Emetic, Nauseant, Vomit, Vomitive, Lenitive, Application, Lotion, Magic Bullet, Balm, Ointment, Salve, Unction, Unguent, Alleviant, Alleviator, Palliative, Catholicon, Cure-all, Nostrum, Panacea, Preventative, Preventive, Prophylactic
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Cure, Remedial, Remedy
2. Adjective. Tending to cure or restore to health. "Therapeutic diets"
Similar to: Healthful
Derivative terms: Cure, Remedy
3. Adjective. Relating to or involved in therapy. "Therapeutic approach to criminality"
Definition of Therapeutic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.
2. n. One of the Therapeutæ.
Definition of Therapeutic
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to therapy. ¹
2. Adjective. Having healing powers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Therapeutic
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Medical Definition of Therapeutic
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1. Pertaining to therapeutics or to the art of healing.
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Literary usage of Therapeutic
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1. Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness by Mim J. Landry (1996)
"The pretreatment profiles of patients who participate in therapeutic ... The types
of treatment services at therapeutic communities often include encounter ..."
2. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1914)
"therapeutic MEASURES therapeuticS IN CHILDREN It has been my object, in this
work, to present as clear and detailed a description of the management of the ..."
3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"therapeutic tests are so frequently used in the diagnosis of syphilis that I
should like to present to you 5 cases illustrating aspects of this procedure ..."
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