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 Definitions of therapeutic  [ˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪk]  

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Definition of 'therapeutic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (Also,) therapeutic
of or pertaining to the treating or curing of disease or disorders; curative; rehabilitative.

2.  therapeutic
serving to maintain or restore health:
therapeutic abortion.

3.  therapeutic
having a beneficial effect on one's mental state, esp. in serving to relax or calm.

4. (n.) therapeutic
a therapeutic substance.

Etymology:  (1535–45; < Gk therapeutikós=therapeú(ein) to attend, treat medically (akin to therápōn attendant) +-tikos -tic)

Definition of 'therapeutic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

2. (adj) curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
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"

3. (adj) therapeutic, therapeutical
relating to or involved in therapy
"therapeutic approach to criminality"


Definition of 'therapeutic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) therapeutic
in theory
providing treatment for an injury or illness
a therapeutic vaccine for certain types of cancer

2.  therapeutic
helping you to feel better or more relaxed
The vacation was therapeutic.


Definition of 'therapeutic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) therapeutic
alt. of Therapeutical

2. (noun) therapeutic
one of the Therapeutae


Translation of 'therapeutic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of or concerning the healing and curing of disease
therapeutic treatment/exercises.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: terapeuties Arabic flag Arabic: عِلاجِي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: терапевтичен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: terapêutico Czech flag Czech: léčebný German flag German: therapeutisch
Danish flag Danish: terapeutisk Greek flag Greek: θεραπευτικός Spanish flag Spanish: terapéutico
Estonian flag Estonian: terapeutiline, ravi- Farsi flag Farsi: درمانی Finnish flag Finnish: terapeuttinen
French flag French: thérapeutique Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁל רִפּוּי Hindi flag Hindi: चिकित्सा सम्बन्धी
Croatian flag Croatian: terapijski Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyógyászati, gyógy- Indonesian flag Indonesian: penyembuhan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: meðferðar- Italian flag Italian: terapeutico Japanese flag Japanese: 治療の
Korean flag Korean: 치료의, 치료의 힘이 있는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: terapijos, terapinis, gyd Latvian flag Latvian: terapijas-; terapeitisks
Malay flag Malay: terapeutik Dutch flag Dutch: therapeutisch Norwegian flag Norwegian: terapeutisk
Polish flag Polish: terapeutyczny, leczniczy Portuguese flag Portuguese: terapêutico Romanian flag Romanian: terapeutic
Russian flag Russian: терапевтический Slovak flag Slovak: liečebný Slovenian flag Slovenian: terapevtski
Serbian flag Serbian: terapeutski Swedish flag Swedish: terapeutisk Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับการรักษาโรค
Turkish flag Turkish: tedavi edici Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 治療(學)的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: терапевтичний
Urdu flag Urdu: دافع امراض، امراض کي روک Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phép chữa bệnh Chinese flag Chinese: 治疗(学)的

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