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therapeutic

/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ noun

Latin root: therapeuticus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about therapeutic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.

adjective

  1. Tending to cure or restore to health.
    curative powers of herbal remedies
  2. Relating to or involved in therapy.
    therapeutic approach to criminality

Origin

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”).

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