therapeutic

== English == === Alternative forms === therapeutick (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === enPR: thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/, [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tɪk/, [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾɪk] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tək/, [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾək] === Adjective === therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic) Of, or relating to therapy. Having a positive effect on the body or mind. ==== Synonyms ==== therapeutical curative remedial ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === therapeutic (plural therapeutics) (medicine) A therapeutic agent === Further reading === “therapeutic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “therapeutic”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “therapeutic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Interlingua == === Adjective === therapeutic (not comparable) therapeutic (pertaining to therapy) ==== Related terms ==== therapia