THERAPEUTIC
curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
(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”
therapeutic, therapeutical
(adjective) relating to or involved in therapy; “therapeutic approach to criminality”
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
(noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)
Of, or relating to therapy.
Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
Synonyms
• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial
Noun
therapeutic (plural therapeutics)
(medicine) A therapeutic agent
Source: Wiktionary
Ther`a*peu"tic, Ther`a*peu"tic*al, a. Etym: [F. thérapeutique, Gr.
(Med.)
Definition: 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.
Ther`a*peu"tic, n.
Definition: One of the Therapeutæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition