Category:Therapeutic

Ther`a*peu"tic, ther`a*peu"tic*al, a. Etym: [f. thérapeutique, gr. (med.)

Defn: of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering And applying remedies for diseases; curative. "therapeutic or Curative physic." Sir t. Browne. Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the art of Preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. I. Watts.

Therapeutic Ther`a*peu"tic, n.

Defn: one of the therapeutæ.