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Therapeutic

see synonyms of therapeutic

Noun

1. curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Adjective

2. alterative, curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic

tending to cure or restore to health

Example Sentences:
'curative powers of herbal remedies'
'her gentle healing hand'
'remedial surgery'
'a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air'
'a therapeutic agent'
'therapeutic diets'

3. therapeutic, therapeutical

relating to or involved in therapy

Example Sentences:
'therapeutic approach to criminality'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Therapeutic

see synonyms of therapeutic
adjective
1. 
of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
2. 
serving or performed to maintain health
therapeutic fasting

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Therapeutic

see synonyms of therapeutic
adjective
1. 
a. 
serving to cure or heal; curative
b. 
serving to preserve health
therapeutic abortion
2. 
of therapeutics

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Therapeutic

see synonyms of therapeutic
adj. also ther·a·peu·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)
1. Having or exhibiting healing powers: a therapeutic agent; therapeutic exercises.
2. Of or relating to the medical treatment of a disease or condition.
n.
A drug or other therapeutic agent.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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