terapeutico
See also: terapéutico and terapêutico
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editterapeutico (feminine terapeutica, masculine plural terapeutici, feminine plural terapeutiche)
- (medicine) therapeutic
- Synonym: terapico
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- terapeutico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- terapeutico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- terapeutico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- terapeutico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- terapèutico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- terapèutico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana