Hypertext Webster Gateway: "therapeutic"
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) 1.7 (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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