<medicine> Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. 'Therapeutic or curative physic.' 'Medicine is justly distributed into 'prophylactic,' or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.' (I. Watts) ... Origin: F. Therapeutique, Gr, from attendant... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973