therapeutic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
therapeutic /ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/
▶adjective relating to the healing of disease.
■ having a good effect on the body or mind.
– derivatives
therapeutical adjective,
therapeutically adverb,
therapeutist noun (archaic).
therapeutical adjective,
therapeutically adverb,
therapeutist noun (archaic).
– origin C17: via mod. L. from Gk therapeutikos, from therapeuein ‘minister to, treat medically’.
'therapeutic' also found in these Oxford entries:
aromatherapy
- balneology
- biological
- bloodletting
- colonic irrigation
- eurhythmics
- galvanism
- heat treatment
- heliotherapy
- Hellerwork
- herbalism
- hydrotherapy
- hypnotherapy
- mesmerism
- orgone
- oxygen bar
- pharmacogenomics
- placebo
- regimen
- toadstone
