therapeutic
adjective
[ ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk ]
• relating to the healing of disease.
• "diagnostic and therapeutic facilities"
Similar:
healing,
curative,
curing,
remedial,
medicinal,
restorative,
health-giving,
tonic,
sanative,
reparative,
corrective,
ameliorative,
beneficial,
good,
salubrious,
salutary,
analeptic,
iatric,
therapeutic
noun
• the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents.
• a treatment, therapy, or drug.
• "current therapeutics for asthma"
Origin:
mid 17th century: via modern Latin from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeuein ‘minister to, treat medically’.
