therapeutic

/,θerə'pju:tik/ Cách viết khác : (therapeutical) /,θerə'pju:tikəl/

Thân thiện

A warm bath can be a very therapeutic experience.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Relating to or involved in therapy: Pertaining to the treatment of disease or disorders, especially by remedial agents or methods.
   • Having a beneficial effect on one's mental or physical health: Tending to cure, heal, or restore to a state of well-being.

2. Noun:

   • A therapeutic agent: A medicine, treatment, or activity that is used to cure disease or relieve pain and suffering.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The doctor recommended a therapeutic regimen of exercise and diet.
  • Many people find gardening to be a therapeutic activity for reducing stress.
• Noun:
  • Physical therapy is an important therapeutic for recovering from the injury.
  • The new drug has been approved as a therapeutic for chronic pain.

Advanced Usage

• Therapeutic effect: The beneficial result of a treatment.
  • The medication had a significant therapeutic effect on her symptoms.
• Therapeutic intervention: A specific action taken to treat a condition.
  • Early therapeutic intervention is crucial for managing the disease.

Variants and Related Words

• Therapeutically (adverb): In a way that relates to the healing of disease.
  • The agent is applied therapeutically to the affected area.
• Therapeutics (noun, plural in form but singular in use): The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease.
  • He is a specialist in clinical therapeutics.

Synonyms

• Curative: Having the ability to cure.
• Healing: Tending to heal; conducive to recovery.
• Remedial: Providing a remedy; intended to correct or improve.
• Sanative: Conducive to physical or spiritual health and well-being.

Related Phrases

• Therapeutic alliance: The collaborative relationship between a therapist and a client.
  • A strong therapeutic alliance is key to successful counseling.
• Therapeutic window: The range of drug dosage which can treat disease effectively without having toxic effects.
  • The dosage must stay within the therapeutic window to be safe and effective.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. relating to or involved in therapy
   • therapeutic approach to criminality
2. tending to cure or restore to health
   • curative powers of herbal remedies
   • her gentle healing hand
   • remedial surgery
   • a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
   • a therapeutic agent
   • therapeutic diets

Noun

1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Từ đồng nghĩa

• therapeutical
• curative
• healing
• alterative
• remedial
• sanative
• remedy
• cure