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therapeutic
What does therapeutic mean?
therapeutic (adjective): tending to cure or restore to health.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use therapeutic in a sentence?
- A therapeutic agent. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Therapeutic diets. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce therapeutic?
/ˌθɛɹəˈpjutɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does therapeutic come from?
From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of therapeutic?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “therapeutic”?
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What does “therapeutic” mean?
of short duration; happening quickly
Not quite: that's what brief means.
first in importance, degree, or rank
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tending to cure or restore to health
Right! That's what “therapeutic” means.
prepared for immediate action or use
Not quite: that's what ready means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “therapeutic”?
healing
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outside
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general
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several
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