nontherapeutic
- adjective
- /nɒnˈθɛrəˌpjuːtɪk/
- Specialized
:
no terapéutico
- The organization advocates against nontherapeutic uses of medical resources that should be reserved for patient care.
- nontherapeutic research
- prohibiting nontherapeutic
- risky nontherapeutic
Examples
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The board decided to discontinue funding for nontherapeutic experiments that did not aim to treat existing health conditions.
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A recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (Mellon, Benbrook, & Benbrook, 2001) reported that approximately 70 percent of the 25 million pounds of antibiotics used in the United States each year is fed to chickens, pigs, and cows for nontherapeutic reasons such as growth enhancement.
Academic text (2002) -
The appeals court ruled that parents no longer have the choice in New York to place their children in risky, nontherapeutic psychiatric research experiments.
Academic text (1998) -
They say states where such nontherapeutic research is prohibited do not receive fewer grants to conduct studies.
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Most major gains in medicine, Cowdry maintains, result from nontherapeutic research, including genetic and brain imaging studies.
Academic text (1998) -
They feared they might be declared incompetent, enrolled in a research experiment, and subjected to risky nontherapeutic treatment.
Academic text (1998) -
Prohibiting nontherapeutic research would have a "major, detrimental impact upon the prevention and treatment of mental illness," says Dr. Herbert Pardes, dean of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
Academic text (1998) -
He was a patient in a study that has achieved some notoriety since it was cited in a news story on a state appellate court decision prohibiting risky, nontherapeutic psychiatric research on minors.
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Many patients were concerned about participating in nontherapeutic trials that offered no medical benefits.
Synonyms
Not used to treat illness, often taken for taste or relaxation
Does not treat illness or improve health
Does not treat illness or improve health
Not about doctors or medicine for treating illness
Does not cause any effect in the body, for example in medicines
Does not aim to help students catch up
Not making you feel rested or giving you energy
Antonyms
How Therapeutic
Surface Forms
Morphology
nontherapeutic = therapeutic (transparent) = non + therapeutic
The productive negation prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'therapeutic' yields the straightforward meaning 'not therapeutic', which is directly inferable by learners.
Etymology
Nontherapeutic starts with non- meaning 'not' and ends with therapeutic, which is the same root as therapy meaning 'healing' or 'care'. So nontherapeutic means 'not for healing' and is used for treatments or actions that do not help to treat a disease.