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therapeutics

therapeutics

5 6.4
The part of medicine that treats and cures diseases
  • noun
  • /ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : terapéutica
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Examples

  • He studies therapeutics that can help patients recover faster from their diseases.

  • Over the past ten years, the introduction of targeted therapeutics and immunotherapy has allowed significant, yet insufficient, improvements in disease management.

    Academic text (2016)
  • For example, treatment rankings can reflect locally available therapeutics versus specialized, remotely available therapeutics.

    Blog text (19)
  • Combining molecular information from glycan and peptide moieties holds tremendous potential for designing highly specific targeted therapeutics.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Nevertheless, inhibitors of the glycan synthesis pathway would be highly valuable therapeutics to combat MDR A. baumannii infections.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Simvastatin inhibits hippocampal cell apoptosis. Reducing the apoptosis of hippocampal neurons is a key requirement of therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The researchers are developing new therapeutics to treat chronic illnesses effectively.

  • Innovative therapeutics are essential for improving the quality of life for cancer patients.

Synonyms

treatment
vstherapeutics
  • Specialized
2.1

Care to cure or reduce a health problem

is the medical field focused on methods and principles for curing disease
therapy
vstherapeutics
862 3.2

Treatment given to help physical or mental health problems

is broader and covers the medical study of treating and curing disease

How Applied

therapeutics
  • Specialized
5 6.4
clinical trial
  • Specialized
67 3.9
stem-cell research
  • Specialized
27 3.7
preclinical
  • Specialized
1 6.3
biological research
  • Specialized
3 4.0

Surface Forms

therapeutics singular
therapeutics plural

Morphology

therapeutics = therapeutic (transparent) = therapeutic + s

Formed from the adjective 'therapeutic' with a noun-forming -s to name the field of treatment; the meaning is directly related to the base.

Etymology

Therapeutics comes from the Greek root therap- meaning 'to heal' or 'to care for'. You can see the same root in therapy and therapist, so therapeutics is the part of medicine that is about treating and curing disease.