THERAPEUTICALLY

therapeutically

(adverb) for therapeutic purposes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

therapeutically (comparative more therapeutically, superlative most therapeutically)

In a therapeutic manner.

Source: Wiktionary


THERAPEUTIC

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.

THERAPEUTICAL

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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