therapeutics Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease
  2. noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
    curative; remedy; cure; therapeutic.

WordNet


Ther`a*peu"tics noun
Etymology
Cf. F. thérapeutique.
Definitions
  1. That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

Webster 1913