Ther`a*peu"tic, n. One of the
Therapeutæ.
{ Ther`a*peu"tic (?), Ther`a*peu"tic*al (?), }
a. [F. thérapeutique, Gr. ?, from ?
attendant, servant, ? to serve, take care of, treat medically, ?
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.
Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the
art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring
it.
I. Watts.