therapeutic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
  2. adjective tending to cure or restore to health
  3. adjective relating to or involved in therapy

Etymology

From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

remedy, curative, cure

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