From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtherapeuticther‧a‧peu‧tic /ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk◂/ ●○○ adjective 1 CALMmaking you feel calm and relaxed I find swimming very therapeutic. the therapeutic effect of gardening2 M[usually before noun] relating to the treatment or cure of an illness → therapy Some claim that the herb has therapeutic value for treating pain. —therapeutically /-kli/ adverb
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therapeutic• The world news might not be therapeutic.• As with other therapeutic approaches, family therapy includes several phases.• therapeutic drugs• No doubt writing this book had therapeutic effects for its author.• The always therapeutic intake of champagne helped.• A summary of acute therapeutic stratagems is provided in Table 3-4.• It is an unfortunate fact that Klein has almost no sociological theory, and that Marcuse has no therapeutic theory.• Quinn and Strelkauskas explored various psychologic and immunologic effects of therapeutic touch.• The treatment has little therapeutic value.Origin therapeutic (1500-1600) Greek therapeutikos, from therapeuein; → THERAPY 