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