therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Of, or relating to therapy.“We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep. — 2016 •Having a positive effect on the body or mind.Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. — 1725 noun1 •A therapeutic agent formstherapeutics · more therapeutic · most therapeutic