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therapeutic

  • adjective
  • thĕr'ə-pyo͞oʹtĭk

Of, or relating to therapy.

Other meanings

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

Example sentences

  • “Do you find music therapeutic?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "θεραπευτικός" (attentive, helpful, obliging, curative).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “therapeutic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.