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therapeutic

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Related to connected by participation or association or use.

Pronunciation

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thehruhpyootik

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IPA pronunciation (US)

θɛɹəpˈjutɪk

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

  2. Relating to or involved in therapy

noun

  1. medicine

    A therapeutic agent

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

Used this way, therapeutic is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use therapeutic

  • “Therapeutic approach to criminality.”adjective

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

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  • therapeuticsnounPlural form

    Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • therapeutic rehabilitationnounCompound term

    Providing help for disabled persons.

  • therapeutic abortionnounCompound term

    A legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened).

  • therapeutic cloningnounCompound term

    Nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant.

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