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English Dictionary: Therapeutics by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
therapeutics
n
  1. branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Pathologies}
      (-j[icr]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
      pathologie.] (Med.)
      The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
      progress, symptoms, etc.
  
      Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
               of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
               particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
               internal and external, or medical and surgical
               pathology. Its departments are {nosology},
               {[91]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and
               {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the
               classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
               and cure of diseases.
  
      {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the
            vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
            of the body. --Virchow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Therapeutics \Ther`a*peu"tics\, n. [Cf. F. th[82]rapeutique.]
      That part of medical science which treats of the discovery
      and application of remedies for diseases.
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