adj
Meaning 1
Of, or relating to therapy.
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adj
Of, or relating to therapy.
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adj
Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
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noun
A therapeutic agent
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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adjective
relating to or involved in therapy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: therapeutical
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adjective satellite
tending to cure or restore to health
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative
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noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: remedy, curative, cure
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Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Narrower terms: acoustic, antidote, counterpoison, emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant, lenitive, lotion, application, magic bullet, ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve, palliative, alleviant, alleviator, panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all, preventive, preventative, prophylactic
History
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”).
Across languages
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