Definition of Therapeutic

Therapeutic: Relating to therapeutics, that part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The therapeutic dose of a drug is the amount needed to treat a disease.

Something that is therapeutic is good for the individual. It is often healthy. For example, a diet high in fiber is therapeutic. And meditation may be therapeutic. (I find writing poetry every morning therapeutic.)

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