different between therapeutic vs nontherapeutic

English

Alternative forms

• therapeutick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek ???????????? (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from ?????????? (therapeut?s, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from ???????? (therapeú?, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????pju?t?k/, enPR: th?r'?-pyo?o?t?k

Adjective

therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
   • 2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process

     His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.

Synonyms

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

Related terms

• therapeutical
• therapist
• therapy

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

therapeutic (plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent

Further reading

• therapeutic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• therapeutic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• therapeutic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Interlingua

Adjective

therapeutic (not comparable)

1. therapeutic (pertaining to therapy)

Related terms

• therapia

English

Etymology

non- +? therapeutic

Adjective

nontherapeutic (not comparable)

1. Not therapeutic
2. Unrelated to medical treatment