Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or exhibiting healing powers.
- adjective Of or relating to the medical treatment of a disease or condition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Curative; pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases. Also
therapeutical . - noun One of the Therapeutæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the Therapeutæ.
- adjective (Med.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
therapy . - adjective Having
healing powers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to cure or restore to health
- adjective relating to or involved in therapy
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The American Life League, an anti-abortion group, says on its website that "the use of the term 'therapeutic' is another pro-abortion attempt to sanitize a repulsive act."
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Mr. Farthing is among a number of soldiers who had informally adopted stray dogs during their tours of duty for what he calls therapeutic value.
Activist Works to Rescue Stray Dogs in Afghanistan Shelly Banjo 2011
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So we have developed at Cedar Sinai in our laboratory, what we call a therapeutic brain cancer vaccine, where we actually take the tumor out at surgery.
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WEST: What we're saying is that we've done the first step toward what we call therapeutic cloning.
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For example, there are hundreds of studies that show that a purposeful collaborative relationship between a therapist and the patient - what we call the therapeutic alliance - is related to therapeutic progress.
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"Spreading atomic waste throughout the entire cosmos is not what I call a therapeutic activity," retorted Mila.
365 tomorrows 2008
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Internship students must be college seniors or graduates with a major or concentration in therapeutic recreation.
Therapeutic recreation student program types and applications 2010
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They are popular in therapeutic riding programs because they are gentle with the kids.
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There are prostitutes who specialise in therapeutic srvices with disabled people.
A ‘course’ on trafficking with only one hurdle « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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Dual Internship students must be college seniors or graduates with a major or concentration in therapeutic recreation.
Therapeutic recreation student program types and applications 2010
vermontster commented on the word therapeutic
Sometime it gets used to describe things that should be (should have been), rather than things done specifically for their therapeutic value.
June 29, 2008
SarahW commented on the word therapeutic
I adopted this word for the love of my life Bryce Overton. At the time he was in therapy for the mental illness schizophrenia. This illness caused him to commit suicide one day before his birthday on October 3rd 2016. He left behind three daughters and many others who loved him. Had he received a more therapeutic treatment from the State of Texas he might still be alive today. The world was a better place with him in it. You are terribly missed Bryce and you will always remain in my heart.
April 8, 2019