English

Alternative forms

• therapeutick (obsolete)

Adjective

therapeutic ‎(comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     Therapeutic or curative physic.

   • Isaac Watts

     Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.

Synonyms

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

Related terms

• therapeutical
• therapist
• therapy

Translations

Noun

therapeutic ‎(plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent