Meaning & use

Therapeutical

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Relating to the treatment or healing of disease or disorders; therapeutic.

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The clinic offers therapeutical massage sessions for patients recovering from surgery.

Researchers are studying the therapeutical effects of the new compound on chronic pain.

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Therapeutical is an older, less common variant of 'therapeutic'; the shorter form is now standard in most writing.

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