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Definition of therapeutics noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

therapeutics

noun
 
/ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪks/
 
/ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪks/
[uncountable]
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  1. the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of diseases
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: plural of earlier therapeutic (noun), from French thérapeutique, or via late Latin from Greek therapeutika, neuter plural (used as a noun) of therapeutikos, from therapeuein ‘minister to, treat medically’.
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