therapeutic
UK/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk//ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/
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therapeutic adjective: of, or relating to therapy.
Adjective
therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)
- 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.2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times
- 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.1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […]...
- His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process
Noun
therapeutic (plural therapeutics)
- A therapeutic agent
therapeutic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
therapeutic in Hindi
- उपचारात्मक
therapeutic in Tamil
- நோய்த் தீர்வியல், நோய் தீர்க்கும், நோய் தீர்ப்பியல்புடைய, நோய் நீக்கும் இயல்புடைய, சிகிச்சைக்குரிய
therapeutic in Marathi
- उपचारात्मक
therapeutic in Urdu
- علاجی, شفائی
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- therapeutic in Bengali
- ভেষজ, চিকিত্সাবিদ্যাগত
- therapeutic in Malayalam
- ചികിത്സാപരമായ, ചികിത്സയെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന, രോഗം ഭേദമാക്കുന്ന, രോഗശാന്തിവരുത്തുന്ന
- therapeutic in Kannada
- ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸಕ, ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಮುದ ನೀಡುವ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಾದ
- therapeutic in Gujarati
- રોગનિવારક, ઉપચારાત્મક
- therapeutic in Nepali
- उपचारात्मक
- therapeutic in Malay
- terapeutik
- therapeutic in Indonesian
- terapeutik
Examples of therapeutic in a sentence
- The therapeutic effects of low and high energy electroconvulsive therapies are quite different.
- We are a therapeutic support cosmetology school with a restorative aspect."
- We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the therapeutic benefits of biotics in CKD.
Synonyms of therapeutic
Forms of therapeutic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more therapeutic |
| superlative | most therapeutic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | therapeutick |
| Noun | |
| plural | therapeutics |
Origin of therapeutic
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”).
Words formed from therapeutic
- actinotherapeutic
- aerotherapeutic
- antitherapeutic
- aromatherapeutic
- autotherapeutic
- bacteriotherapeutic
- balneotherapeutic
- bibliotherapeutic
- biotherapeutic
- brachytherapeutic
- cardiotherapeutic
- chemicotherapeutic
- chemotherapeutic
- chromotherapeutic
- chronotherapeutic
- chrysotherapeutic
- climatotherapeutic
- cotherapeutic
- countertherapeutic
- cybertherapeutic
- cytotherapeutic
- dermatotherapeutic
- dystherapeutic
- ecotherapeutic
- electrotherapeutic
- ergotherapeutic
- eutherapeutic
- extratherapeutic
- extra-therapeutic
- fabotherapeutic
- gerontotherapeutic
- heliotherapeutic
- hemotherapeutic
- homeotherapeutic
- hydrotherapeutic
- hypnotherapeutic
- immunotherapeutic
- logotherapeutic
- magnetotherapeutic
- massotherapeutic
- mechanotherapeutic
- metallotherapeutic
- monotherapeutic
- moralistic therapeutic deism
- multitherapeutic
- musicotherapeutic
- nanotherapeutic
- narcotherapeutic
- naturotherapeutic
- neurotherapeutic
- nontherapeutic
- oligotherapeutic
- oncotherapeutic
- organotherapeutic
- osmotherapeutic
- paratherapeutic
- pedotherapeutic
- peritherapeutic
- pharmacotherapeutic
- phototherapeutic
Phrases with therapeutic
- therapeutic index
- therapeutic touch
- therapeutic window
- therapeutic indexes
- therapeutic indices
- therapeutic vaccine
- therapeutic windows
- therapeutic abortion
- therapeutic vaccines
- therapeutic abortions
- therapeutic use exemption
- therapeutic use exemptions
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Questions about therapeutic
- What does therapeutic mean?
- Therapeutic means of, or relating to therapy.
- What is therapeutic in Hindi?
- Therapeutic in Hindi is उपचारात्मक. See Therapeutic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is therapeutic?
- Therapeutic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce therapeutic?
- Therapeutic is pronounced /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near therapeutic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: therapeutic (page history and authors); therapeutic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); therapeutic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); therapeutic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); therapeutic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); therapeutic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); therapeutic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); therapeutic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); therapeutic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); therapeutic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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