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therapeutic

  (thĕr'ə-pyū'tĭk) pronunciation also therapeutical (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.
  1. Having or exhibiting healing powers: a therapeutic agent; therapeutic exercises.
  2. Of or relating to therapeutics.

[New Latin therapeuticus, from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeutēs, one who administers, from therapeuein, to serve, administer treatment, from theraps, therap-, attendant. See therapy.]

therapeutically ther'a·peu'ti·cal·ly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: therapeutic

adjective

    Serving to cure: curative, remedial, restorative. See health/sickness.

 
Antonyms: therapeutic

adj

Definition: healing
Antonyms: damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious, untherapeutic


 

Pertaining to therapeutics, or treatment of disease; curative.

  • t. decision making — the use of decision theory in making decisions about treatment of individual cases.
  • t. incompatibility — is the result of antagonistic pharmacological effects of several drugs in the one patient.
  • t. plasma concentration — the blood concentration of a drug at which the desired therapeutic effect is obtained.
  • t. substances — medicines with an identifiable value in the treatment of diseases of animals.
 
Translations: Translations for: Therapeutic

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - terapeutisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
genezend, geneeskrachtig

Français (French)
adj. - thérapeutique
n. - thérapeutique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Heil-, heilkräftig, therapeutisch
n. - Heilmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ιατρ.) θεραπευτικός, ιαματικός
n. - θεραπευτική

Italiano (Italian)
terapeutica, terapeutico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - terapêutico (m)
n. - terapêutica (f, pl)

Русский (Russian)
терапевт, врач, лекарство, лекарств. препарат, терапевтический, лечебный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - terapéutico
n. - terapéutica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - terapeutisk
n. - terapeutisk metod el behandling

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
治疗的, 治疗学的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 治療的, 治療學的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 치료상의, 건강 유지에 도움이 되는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 治療の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) علاجي (الاسم) فن الشفاء, علم المداواة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רפואי, תורם לריפוי, תרם לבריאות רוחנית‬


 
 

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