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therapeutic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Medicine is justly distributed into ``prophylactic,'' or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it --I. Watts. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, n. One of the Therapeut[ae]. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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