If something is therapeutic, it helps you to relax or to feel better about things, especially about a situation that made you unhappy.
Astanga Yoga is a therapeutic physical exercise that focuses on breathing and relaxation.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Therapeutic treatment is designed to treat an illness or to improve a person's health, rather than to prevent an illness.
[medicine]
...therapeutic drugs.
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therapeutic in British English
(ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk)
adjective
1.
of or relating to the treatment of disease; curative
2.
serving or performed to maintain health
therapeutic fasting
Derived forms
therapeutically (ˌtheraˈpeutically)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from New Latin therapeuticus, from Greek therapeutikos, from therapeuein to minister to, from theraps an attendant
therapeutic in American English
(ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk)
adjective
1.
a.
serving to cure or heal; curative
b.
serving to preserve health
therapeutic abortion
2.
of therapeutics
Also ˌtheraˈpeutical
Derived forms
therapeutically (ˌtheraˈpeutically)
adverb
Word origin
ModL therapeuticus < Gr therapeutikos < therapeutēs, attendant, servant, one who treats medically < therapeuein, to nurse, treat medically
Synonyms of 'therapeutic'
beneficial, healing, restorative, good
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In other languages
therapeutic
British English: therapeutic ADJECTIVE
If something is therapeutic, it helps you to relax or to feel better about things.
Having a garden is therapeutic.
American English: therapeutic
Brazilian Portuguese: terapêutico
Chinese: > 使人放松心情的尤指不开心的情况下
European Spanish: terapéutico
French: thérapeutique
German: therapeutisch
Italian: terapeutico
Japanese: 心が癒される
Korean: 치료의
European Portuguese: terapêutico
Latin American Spanish: terapéutico
All related terms of 'therapeutic'
therapeutic index
The therapeutic index of a drug is the ratio of the lethal dose to the effective dose, used in assessing the safety of a drug.
therapeutic touch
the laying on of hands by a healer
therapeutic cloning
the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
therapeutic community
a group-based form of therapy for people with mental health problems , sometimes residential
transdermal therapeutic system
A transdermal therapeutic system is a method of delivering medication into the bloodstream through the skin, usually in the form of a medicated patch .
somatic cell nuclear transfer
the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
(adjective)
Definition
of or relating to the treatment and cure of disease
It's so therapeutic, a bit like meditation.
Synonyms
beneficial
vitamins which are beneficial to health
healing
Get in touch with the body's own healing abilities.
restorative
good
Rain water was once considered to be good for the complexion.
corrective
She has received extensive corrective surgery to her skull.
remedial
He is doing remedial exercises.
salutary
Going to therapy was a salutary experience.
curative
The curative powers of fresh air and sunlight are well known.
salubrious
your salubrious lochside hotel
ameliorative
analeptic
sanative
Opposites
damaging
,
destructive
,
harmful
,
adverse
,
detrimental
Additional synonyms
in the sense of corrective
Definition
intended to put right something that is wrong
She has received extensive corrective surgery to her skull.
Synonyms
remedial,
therapeutic,
palliative,
restorative,
rehabilitative
in the sense of curative
Definition
able to cure
The curative powers of fresh air and sunlight are well known.
Synonyms
restorative,
healing,
therapeutic,
tonic,
corrective,
medicinal,
remedial,
salutary,
healthful,
health-giving,
alleviative
in the sense of good
Definition
beneficial
Rain water was once considered to be good for the complexion.
Synonyms
beneficial,
useful,
healthy,
helpful,
favourable,
wholesome,
advantageous,
salutary,
salubrious
Synonyms of 'therapeutic'
therapeutic
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of healing
Get in touch with the body's own healing abilities.
Synonyms
restoring,
medicinal,
therapeutic,
remedial,
restorative,
curative,
analeptic,
sanative
in the sense of remedial
Definition
providing or intended as a remedy
He is doing remedial exercises.
Synonyms
therapeutic,
healing,
curing,
curative,
health-promoting,
alleviative
in the sense of salubrious
Definition
favourable to health
your salubrious lochside hotel
Synonyms
healthy,
beneficial,
good for you,
wholesome,
invigorating,
salutary,
healthful,
health-giving
in the sense of salutary
Definition
(of an experience) producing a beneficial result despite being unpleasant