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{ } a. [ F. thérapeutique, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; attendant, servant, &unr_; to serve, take care of, treat medically, &unr_; attendant, servant. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. “Therapeutic or curative physic.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Medicine is justly distributed into “prophylactic, ” or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]