therapeutic
of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
a therapeutic substance.
Origin of therapeutic
1Other words from therapeutic
- ther·a·peu·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- non·ther·a·peu·tic, adjective
- non·ther·a·peu·ti·cal, adjective
- non·ther·a·peu·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- un·ther·a·peu·tic, adjective
- un·ther·a·peu·ti·cal, adjective
- un·ther·a·peu·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use therapeutic in a sentence
We’re rounding it and rounding it rapidly, plus we have vaccines coming very soon and we have therapeutics which have already made a big dent, a tremendous dent.
Timeline: The 124 times Trump has downplayed the coronavirus threat | Aaron Blake, JM Rieger | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostManufacturers are now required to report disruptions in the manufacturing of an active pharmaceutical ingredient—the part of the medicine that produces the intended therapeutic benefit.
The ‘inactive' ingredients in your pills could harm you | By Yelena Ionova/The Conversation | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe only thing that can really change the situation is a vaccine or some kind of effective therapeutic and proper government assistance that it seems every other English-speaking nation has been doing for their small business and restaurant industry.
Momofuku’s David Chang on the big changes the restaurant industry needs to make to survive | Beth Kowitt | September 14, 2020 | FortuneWe can forget because of the massive research that led to therapeutics which have made the condition treatable.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 27, 2020 | FreakonomicsWe actually have the ability to develop therapeutics for many of these diseases, if not cures.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 27, 2020 | Freakonomics
He did suffer from ‘Black Dog’ [depression] as he called it and having something to concentrate on was therapeutic for him.
Churchill’s Secret Treasures for Sale: A British PM’s Life on the Auction Block | Tom Teodorczuk | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCarefully controlled studies, especially in humans, are required if this result is going to have true therapeutic value.
Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.? | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMoreover, new research suggests that Furosemide may have no therapeutic value at all.
How Kentucky Will Save Horse Racing From Itself | Jonathan Miller | September 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCruikshank often speaks about the potential of yoga to be therapeutic — even medicinal.
He recommends “the lowest dose possible to achieve therapeutic effects.”
Smoke vs. Snack: Why Edible Marijuana Is Stronger Than Smoking | Steven Wishnia | June 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has been stated before that no attempt would be made in this paper to prove that epilepsy was curable by therapeutic means.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettAs a therapeutic measure, society should utilize psychological knowledge as a new method of control.
Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary BlanchardTheobromin for some time has been regarded as a valuable therapeutic agent.
The therapeutic claims made for it are of the usual extravagant character.
So far as we know, however, no satisfactory evidence is forthcoming to indicate that such extractives have any therapeutic value.
British Dictionary definitions for therapeutic
/ (ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk) /
of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
serving or performed to maintain health: therapeutic abortion
Origin of therapeutic
1Derived forms of therapeutic
- therapeutically, adverb
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