Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\,
a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, Gr. ?, from ? attendant, servant, ?
to serve, take care of, treat medically, ? attendant,
servant.]
(Med.)
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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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