therapeutic

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

A therapeutic agent

Synonyms

curative

therapeutical

remedial

healing

alterative

cure

medicinal

remedy

sanative

pseudotherapeutic

corrective

sanatory

medical

therapy

Translations

thérapeutique

terapéutico

terapeutico

therapeutisch

terapêutico

terapèutic

θεραπευτικός

therapeutisch

curatif

geneeskrachtig

curativo

terapeutic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/

Etymology

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”).