The Collaborative International Dictionary
Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\,
a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, 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.
Wiktionary
a. therapeutic
WordNet
adj. relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" [syn: therapeutic]
Usage examples of "therapeutical".
His function could be regarded as therapeutical: the court had an outlet for its suppressed resentment against the ruler -- and the ruler was reminded that he was human and not infallible.
His diagnoses and therapeutical prescriptions were accurate, but when he came out of his trance, he could not remember what he had said.