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Therapeutically

Definition: Therapeutically

Therapeutically

Adverb

1. For therapeutic purposes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "therapeutically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references)


Crosswords: Therapeutically

English words defined with "therapeutically": dronabinolmineral water. (references)
Specialty definitions using "therapeutically": 4-Aminobenzoic AcidAdrenergic Uptake Inhibitors, Algestone Acetophenide, Anthelmintics, Antilymphocyte SerumBotulinum AntitoxinCarnitineDextrans, Drug Monitoring, Drug ToxicityElectrophysiologic Techniques, CardiacGabexateHistamine Agonists, HydroxocobalaminInfrared RaysMethylcelluloseParasympatholytics, Phosphorylcholine, Photosensitizing Agents, Prostheses and Implants, PyrazinamideSodium Selenite, sun lampVincamine. (references)

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Modern Usage: Therapeutically

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Therapeutically there's no danger involved. (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Therapeutically

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

As treatments have become more intensive and therapeutically successful, the effects on normal tissues have increased. (references)

It is used therapeutically to stimulate gastric and pancreatic secretions and in the treatment of hyperlipoproteinemias. (references)

One free radical scavenger, vitamin E, is now used therapeutically as it staved off progression to certain important endpoints in AD patients by 6 months in an NIA-funded clinical trial. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Manufacturers are required to indicate on the labels of all consumables both the date of manufacture and expiry date Labeling for pharmaceutical products should include: therapeutically active substances, inactive ingredients, name and percentage of any bactericidal or bacteriostatic agent, expiry date, batch number, any warnings or precautions, name and business address of manufacturer, and registration number of the product. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Therapeutically

"Therapeutically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Therapeutically" is used about 17 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%1785,106

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Therapeutically

Language Translations for "therapeutically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

терапевтично. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

治疗地. (various references)

   

German

  

therapeutische. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

치료 으로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erapeuticallythay

   

Russian 

  

терапевтически. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Therapeutically

Derivations

Words ending with "therapeutically": chemotherapeutically, psychotherapeutically. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Therapeutically"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "therapeutically" (pronounced the'rupyuw"tikulē or the'rupyuw"tiklē)
6-t i k u l ēcritically, fanatically, hermetically, journalistically, magnetically, majestically, mathematically, optimistically, parenthetically, pathetically, politically, pragmatically, ritualistically, romantically, skeptically, statistically, sympathetically, tactically, theoretically, uncritically.
5-i k u l ēchronically, clinically, comically, cynically, diametrically, electrically, electronically, empirically, ethically, geographically, historically, intrinsically, magically, methodically, metrically, mineralogically, periodically, philosophically, physically, sardonically, scientifically, surgically, symbolically, technically, technologically, theatrically.
4-k u l ēbotanically, broccoli, fiscally, frantically, locally, luckily, unequivocally, vocally.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clumsily, coincidentally, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, culturally, customarily, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, emotionally, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, loyally, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, mightily, militarily, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, partially, peacefully, perennially, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, pitifully, playfully, potentially, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, royally, ruefully, satisfactorily, scantily, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, tactfully, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uneasily, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
5-t i k l ēacoustically, aesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, artistically, authentically, automatically, characteristically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, euphemistically, fantastically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, idiotically, linguistically, logistically, optically, phonetically, poetically, realistically, sarcastically, stylistically, synthetically, systematically, thematically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically.
4-i k l ēacademically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically.
3-k l ēalchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Therapeutically

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-h-i-l-l-p-r-t-t-u-y"

-3 letters: articulately, pathetically, recapitulate, reticulately, theatrically.

-4 letters: aphetically, heretically, particulate, therapeutic.

-5 letters: alliterate, altarpiece, aphaeretic, archetypal, articulate, capitulary, capitulate, carpellate, hyperacute, literately, pathetical, peculiarly, phatically, preethical, reticulate, telepathic, theatrical, thetically.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-h-i-l-l-p-r-t-t-u-y"
 

+5 letters: chemotherapeutically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Therapeutically


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 68 65 72 61 70 65 75 74 69 63 61 6C 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110000 01100101 01110101 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0068 0065 0072 0061 0070 0065 0075 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

547471846782718786756967787891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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