What does "therapeutics" mean?

The treatment of disease; the science of healing; any therapeutic material or treatment

What is a synonym for "therapeutics"?

Common synonyms include: medication, medicine, psychotherapy, treatment.

Therapeutics

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Noun

1
The treatment of disease; the science of healing; any therapeutic material or treatment
2
branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease wordnet

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medication medicine psychotherapy treatment

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"There are no therapeutics for COVID-19 so doctors treat the symptoms. For example, they provide drugs to reduce a fever or put a patient who is having trouble breathing on oxygen."

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