Therapeutic
[,θerə'pjuːtɪk] or [,θɛrə'pjutɪk]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or involved in therapy; 'therapeutic approach to criminality' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Therapeutical
(n.) One of the Therapeutae.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Curative.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to the healing art: curative.—adv. Therapeu′tically.—n.sing. Therapeu′tics that part of medicine concerned with the treatment and cure of diseases.—n. Therapeu′tist one versed in therapeutics.
Typist: Rodger
Examples
- In 1803 M. Carpue published experiments on the therapeutic action of electricity. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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