‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (pl. &unr_;) an attendant, servant, physician. See Therapeutic. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Therapeutae. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. thérapeutique, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; attendant, servant, &unr_; to serve, take care of, treat medically, &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Medicine is justly distributed into “prophylactic, ” or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. thérapeutique. ] That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]