therapeutic
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therapeutic
- /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ UK
- /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/ Canada, US
- [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk] Canada, US
- /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tɪk/ Australia
- [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾɪk] Australia
- /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tək/ New Zealand
- [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾək] New Zealand
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective more therapeutic · most therapeutic · therapeutick
- Of, or relating to therapy. “We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep.
- Having a positive effect on the body or mind. Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.
Similar: therapeutical, curative, remedial
noun therapeutics · therapeutick
- A therapeutic agent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: therapeutical, healing, alterative, healthful, curative, sanative, remedial, treating, treated, treatment, clinically, clinical, medical, pharmaceutical, medicinal, therapist
adjective
Similar: therapeutical, curative, remedial
Translations
Every language
adj of, or relating to therapy
| Español | terapéutico |
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| 한국어 | 치료상의 chiryosang'ui |
| 日本語 | 治療の chiryō no |
| 中文 | 治療的 /治疗的 zhìliáo de |
| Português | terapêutico, terapêutica |
| Français | thérapeutique |
| Deutsch | therapeutisch |
| Italiano | terapeutico |
| Română | terapeutic |
| Русский | терапевти́ческий terapevtíčeskij, лече́бный lečébnyj |
adj having a positive effect on the body or mind
| 中文 | 可以起到療法作用的 /可以起到疗法作用的, 可以起到疗法作用的 kěyǐ qǐdào liáofǎ zuòyòng de, 有益健康的 yǒuyì jiànkāng de |
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@misc{therapeutic_2026,
title = {therapeutic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/therapeutic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
