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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or
the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the
art of restoring it. --I. Watts.
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