‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (pl. &unr_;) an attendant, servant, physician. See Therapeutic. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One of the Therapeutae. [ 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 ]
n. [ Cf. F. thérapeutique. ] That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Therapeutics. [ 1913 Webster ]