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Therapeutic vs Pteropodine - What's the difference?

therapeutic | pteropodine |

As adjectives the difference between therapeutic and pteropodine

is that therapeutic is of, or relating to therapy while pteropodine is of or pertaining to the flying foxes and similar bats of the subfamily subfamily: Pteropodinae

As a noun pteropodine is

such a bat.

therapeutic

English

Alternative forms

* therapeutick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to therapy.
  • Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Therapeutic or curative physic.
  • * Isaac Watts
    • Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic , or the art of restoring it.

    Synonyms

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    Related terms

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    pteropodine

    English

    (rfimage) (wikipedia pteropodine) (wikispecies)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the flying foxes and similar bats of the subfamily

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Such a bat
  • (organic compound) An oxindole, obtained from certain plants of the genus Uncaria , thought to have therapeutic properties; uncarine