therapeutic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
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serving or performed to maintain health
therapeutic abortion
Other Word Forms
- nontherapeutic adjective
- nontherapeutical adjective
- nontherapeutically adverb
- therapeutically adverb
- untherapeutic adjective
- untherapeutical adjective
- untherapeutically adverb
Etymology
Origin of therapeutic
1535–45; < New Latin therapeuticus < Greek therapeutikós, equivalent to therapeú ( ein ) to attend, treat medically (akin to therápōn attendant) + -tikos -tic
Example Sentences
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Because this interaction between myCAFs and nerves takes place so early, targeting it may offer a new therapeutic strategy.
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By clarifying how psychedelics redirect perception from the outside world to internal memory networks, the study provides a clearer biological explanation for both hallucinations and the growing therapeutic potential of these compounds.
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This suggests that DMTF1 could serve as a promising therapeutic target for restoring stem cell function in the aging brain.
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The analysis showed that both Beta sitosterol and Succinic acid had favorable profiles, suggesting they could be absorbed well and are unlikely to be toxic at therapeutic levels.
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“Mim’s always trying to get me to garden. Says weeding is therapeutic. And I was like, ‘Yeah, sure,’ but I think she might be right.
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