Meanings
comparative more therapeutic · superlative most therapeutic · alternative obsolete therapeutick
- 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.
His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.
2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process1 more example
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, […], published 1726, →OCLC
plural therapeutics · alternative obsolete therapeutick
- medicineA therapeutic agent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to cure or restore to health
adjectiverelating to or involved in therapy
nouna medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
- Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
- New Latintherapeuticus
- Middle Englishterapeucia
- Englishtherapeutic
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”).
More words from Middle English, New Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀκέσιμος
- ἀκέσιμος (akésimos)having a positive effect on the body or mind
Bulgarian терапевти́чен, лечебен
- терапевти́чен (terapevtíčen)of, or relating to therapy
- лечебен (lečeben)of, or relating to therapy
Catalan terapèutic
- terapèuticof, or relating to therapy
Chinese Mandarin 治療的 /治疗的, 可以起到療法作用的 /可以起到疗法作用的
- 治療的 /治疗的 (zhìliáo de)of, or relating to therapy
- 可以起到療法作用的 /可以起到疗法作用的having a positive effect on the body or mind
- 可以起到疗法作用的 (kěyǐ qǐdào liáofǎ zuòyòng de)having a positive effect on the body or mind
- 有益健康的 (yǒuyì jiànkāng de)having a positive effect on the body or mind
Czech léčebný, terapeutický
- léčebnýof, or relating to therapy
- terapeutickýof, or relating to therapy
Dutch therapeutisch
- therapeutischof, or relating to therapy
Finnish terapeuttinen, terapeuttinen
- terapeuttinenof, or relating to therapy
- terapeuttinenhaving a positive effect on the body or mind
French thérapeutique
- thérapeutiqueof, or relating to therapy
German therapeutisch
- therapeutischof, or relating to therapy
Hungarian terápiás, gyógyászati
- terápiásof, or relating to therapy
- gyógyászatiof, or relating to therapy
- terápiáshaving a positive effect on the body or mind
- gyógyítóhaving a positive effect on the body or mind
- gyógyhatásúhaving a positive effect on the body or mind
- gyógy-having a positive effect on the body or mind
Indonesian terapeutik
- terapeutikof, or relating to therapy
Italian terapeutico
- terapeuticoof, or relating to therapy
Japanese 治療の
- 治療の (chiryō no)of, or relating to therapy
Korean 치료상의
- 치료상의 (chiryosang'ui)of, or relating to therapy
Latvian terapeitisks
- terapeitisksof, or relating to therapy
Malay terapeutik
- terapeutikof, or relating to therapy
Māori haumanu
- haumanuhaving a positive effect on the body or mind
Polish terapeutyczny, terapeutyczny
- terapeutycznyof, or relating to therapy
- terapeutycznyhaving a positive effect on the body or mind
Portuguese terapêutico, terapêutica
- terapêuticoof, or relating to therapy
- terapêuticaof, or relating to therapy
Romanian terapeutic
- terapeuticof, or relating to therapy
Russian терапевти́ческий, лече́бный
- терапевти́ческий (terapevtíčeskij)of, or relating to therapy
- лече́бный (lečébnyj)of, or relating to therapy
Spanish terapéutico
- terapéuticoof, or relating to therapy
Ukrainian терапевти́чний
- терапевти́чний (terapevtýčnyj)of, or relating to therapy
Cite this entry
therapeutic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapeutic
“therapeutic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapeutic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “therapeutic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapeutic.
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