therapeutic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
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serving or performed to maintain health
therapeutic abortion
Other Word Forms
- nontherapeutic adjective
- nontherapeutical adjective
- nontherapeutically adverb
- therapeutically adverb
- untherapeutic adjective
- untherapeutical adjective
- untherapeutically adverb
Etymology
Origin of therapeutic
1535–45; < New Latin therapeuticus < Greek therapeutikós, equivalent to therapeú ( ein ) to attend, treat medically (akin to therápōn attendant) + -tikos -tic
Example Sentences
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Few current technologies provide this level of coordinated start and stop regulation, making the method especially promising for both research and therapeutic use.
From Science Daily
Finding their conversations therapeutic—and perceiving a dearth of literature on mistakes—they have written “From Mistakes to Meaning.”
Ultimately, whether you come to Coffee Confessionals seeking real advice, community and connection or stand-up performances, laughter itself is therapeutic, the evening’s MC, Marie, says.
From Los Angeles Times
Vivtex, founded by MIT scientists, has developed a gastrointestinal screening and formulation platform to identify oral therapeutics, and the deal with Novo Nordisk expands its reach to metabolic diseases, the companies said.
The move is designed to ensure strong execution of new drug launches across a broad range of therapeutic areas, the company said in a Monday announcement.
From Barron's
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