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Definition: Therapeutics |
TherapeuticsNoun1. Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "therapeutics" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The branch of medicine which is concerned with the treatment of diseases, palliative or curative. (references) |
Medicine | Therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, palliative or curative. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: TherapeuticsSynonym: Therapy. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology, Materia Medica, therapeutics, posology; homeopathy, allopathy, heteropathy, osteopathy, hydropathy; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery, chirurgy; healing art, leechcraft; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Therapeutics |
| English words defined with "therapeutics": Iamatology, Isopathy ♦ Therapeutist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "therapeutics": Anesthetics, Local ♦ committee on pharmacology and therapeutics ♦ Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee ♦ VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGIST. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "therapeutics": Hydrotherapeutics ♦ Psychotherapeutics. (references) |
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Screenplays | Got a deep plum lipstick and some therapeutics. (Shock Treatment; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman) | |
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Health | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. (references) | |
NINDS' Epilepsy Therapeutics Research Program studies potential antiepileptic drugs with the goal of enhancing treatment for epilepsy. (references) | ||
Through nurturing fundamental research and the development of researchers, the NIDCR aims to promote health, to prevent diseases and conditions, and to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics. (references) | ||
Business | Analytica Therapeutics Inc. (ATI) of the U.S. plans to set up a joint venture with local enterprise groups and banks to invest USD25 million to manufacture biotech products in Taiwan. (references) | |
Economic History | India | Opportunities also exists for relaxin, rennin, clot-dissolving agents, insulin, interferons, interleukins and anticancer therapeutics, human growth hormones, erythropoietin, blood factors VIII & XI, urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator, streptokinase tissue necrosis factor. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Therapeutics" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Therapeutics" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Switzerland | Modex Therapeutics Ltd. | United Kingdom | PPL Therapeutics Plc |
| USA | Cell Therapeutics Incorporated | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "therapeutics": committee on pharmacology and therapeutics ♦ Crystal Therapeutics ♦ Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "therapeutics": Electro-therapeutics, radio-therapeutics. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "therapeutics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | terapi (therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | علم المدواة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | терапевтика (medicine), терапия (medicine, therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | léèební terapie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | terapi (curative care, management, medical treatment, palliative or curative, remedial treatment, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy), terapeutik (palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy), behandlingslære (palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy), behandling (conditioning, control, curative care, management, medical treatment, palliative or curative, processing, remedial treatment, spray, spraying, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy, treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | therapie (palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy), geneeswijze (palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy), geneeskundige behandeling van ziekten (palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | thérapeutique (therapeutic, therapeutical, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | therapeutik (medicine, palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θεραπευτική. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תורת "רפוי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | terapeutika, gyógyászat tudománya. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | terapeutica (palliative or curative, therapeutics:that branch of medicine which is conerned with the treatment of diseases, therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | therapick. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erapeuticsthay terapêutica (medicative, therapy). (various references) terapeuticã. (various references) терапия (therapy, treatment). (various references) terapija (therapy). (various references) terapéutica (therapy). (various references) tedavi bilimi. (various references) терапія (therapy), лікування (cure, curing, healing, medication, therapy, treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "therapeutics": chemotherapeutics. (additional references) | |
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"Therapeutics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: therapeitic, therapetic, therapeudic, therapeuitc, therapeutios, therapuetic, theraputic, therepeutic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "therapeutics" (pronounced the'rupyuw"tiks) |
| 4 | -t i k s | acoustics, acrobatics, aerobatics, aeronautics, aesthetics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, attics, automatics, ballistics, batiks, characteristics, charismatics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, exotics, fanatics, genetics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, informatics, kinetics, linguistics, logistics, Magnetics, mathematics, mystics, narcotics, numismatics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, phonetics, plastics, prosthetics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, synthetics, systematics, tactics, thermoplastics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: paresthetic, therapeutic. | |
-2 letters: crepitates, pasticheur, preachiest. | |
-3 letters: aesthetic, catheters, catteries, cauteries, chapiters, chertiest, crepitate, earthiest, eparchies, eructates, heartiest, hesitater, patchiest, peachiest, repatches, rusticate, superheat, tephrites, theatrics, therapies, therapist, upreaches, urticates. | |
-4 letters: aetheric, ariettes, aspheric, captures, catheter, causerie, cerusite, chapiter, chapters, chariest, chartist, chatters, chattier, cheapest, cheapies, cheaters, chestier, chitters, citrates, crepiest, crispate, cristate, cuprites. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: subtherapeutic. | |
+5 letters: australopithecine, chemoautotrophies, chemotherapeutics, psychotherapeutic. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110000 01100101 01110101 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h e r a p e u t i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0065 0072 0061 0070 0065 0075 0074 0069 0063 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)547471846782718786756985 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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