therapeutic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
-
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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Groundbreaking research on adeno-associated viruses, or AAV, in the 1960s led to the discovery that they could deliver therapeutic genes to patients’ cells.
"Seeing an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in this new group of people with obesity, who were not considered to have obesity before, brings up interesting questions about obesity medications and other therapeutics."
From Science Daily
It took years to discover formulations that would remain in the bloodstream long enough to have a therapeutic effect.
Both Ramirez and Liu were drawn to the study of memory as a possible therapeutic tool, and instantly hit it off as friends and lab partners.
From Los Angeles Times
Laws in Illinois and Nevada prohibit AI from any therapeutic communication.
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