adjective
Requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
Synonyms: curative, healing, aesculapian, corrective, medicinal, therapeutic, restorative, prophylactic, preventive, alleviating, medicating, pharmaceutical, salutary, sedative, narcotic, tonic, disinfectant, pathological, cathartic, health-bringing, peptic, corroborant, lenitive, iatric, demulcent, balsamic, iatrical, depuritory, emollient, medicative, therapeutical
Antonyms: destructive, disease-giving, surgical, harmful
noun
A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
Synonyms: iatrology, medicament, medicant, medication, checkup, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutics, simple, medical checkup, specific, therapeusis, therapeutic, medical examination, therapeutics, therapy, treatment, medical exam, health check