[mod.L., a. Gr. type *θεράπευσις healing, 1. θεραπεύειν το tend, heal (a sick person).] Therapeutic treatment.
1857. Dunglison, Dict. Med. Sci., Therapeusis, therapeutics.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 679. In regard to therapeusis, the first point to be determined in acute cases is when to commence electrical treatment.
1897. Allbutts Syst. Med., IV. 211. Effecting a more scientific and direct therapeusis.