therapeutic
Other forms: therapeutics
Whether you’re talking about a therapeutic drug or a therapeutic exercise plan, something that is therapeutic helps to heal or to restore health.
The adjective therapeutic can be traced all the way back to the Greek word therapeutikos (from therapeuein, meaning “to attend” or “to treat”). Although the word relates to healing or soothing, therapeutic isn’t reserved only for drugs or medical treatments. You’ve probably heard particular activities referred to as therapeutic, which just means that doing that activity makes you feel rejuvenated. You might consider shopping for shoes, for example, to be a therapeutic activity — at least until the credit card bill arrives.
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tending to cure or restore to health
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relating to or involved in therapy“therapeutic approach to criminality”synonyms: therapeutical
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a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve paintypes:acoustica remedy for hearing loss or deafnesslenitiveremedy that eases pain and discomfortapplication, lotionliquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skinmagic bulleta remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a diseasebalm, ointment, salve, unction, unguentsemisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritationcatholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panaceahypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemistspreventative, preventive, prophylacticremedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or diseasearnicaan ointment used in treating bruisesatropinea poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticidesbaby oilan ointment for babiesbalsaman ointment containing a fragrant resincalamine lotiona lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritationscarron oilan ointment formerly used to treat burnsceratea hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resinchrism, chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oila consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsamipecaca medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)embrocation, linimenta medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and painlip balma balm applied to the lipsmenthola lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mintmentholated salvea salve containing mentholmercurial ointmentan ointment containing mercurydry mustard, powdered mustarda substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emeticrubbing alcohollotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external usewitch hazel, wych hazellotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plantzinc ointmentan ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseaseselixira substance believed to cure all illsobidoxime chloridea chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VXtype of:medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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