'Therapeutic' definitions:

Definition of 'therapeutic'

From: WordNet
adjective
Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic]
adjective
Relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" [syn: therapeutic, therapeutical]
noun
A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic]

Definition of 'Therapeutic'

From: GCIDE
  • Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\, a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, Gr. ?, from ? attendant, servant, ? to serve, take care of, treat medically, ? attendant, servant.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. "Therapeutic or curative physic." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Therapeutic'

From: GCIDE
  • Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, n. One of the Therapeutae. [1913 Webster]