Therapeutic Meaning
/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, or relating to therapy.
adjHaving a positive effect on the body or mind.
Sentence Examples
Sweeping the floor is therapeutic for one's mind.
Mennad's stories are therapeutic.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor recommended a ____ massage to relieve muscle tension.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many people find that listening to calm music can have a very ____ and relaxing effect on their mood today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep."
— 2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times:
"Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it."
— 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
"His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it."
— 2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor recommended a ____ massage to relieve muscle tension.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many people find that listening to calm music can have a very ____ and relaxing effect on their mood today.