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Webster 1913 Edition


Therapeutics

Therˊa-peu′tics

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
thérapeutique
.]
That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

Webster 1828 Edition


Therapeutics

THERAPEU'TICS

,
Noun.
That part of medicine which respects the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. Therapeutics teaches the use of diet and of medicines.
1.
A religious sect described by Philo. They were devotees to religion.

Definition 2024


therapeutics

therapeutics

English

Noun

therapeutics

  1. (medicine) The treatment of disease; the science of healing.

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