What does therapeut mean in medical terms?

therapeut

Meaning: treatment, therapy

Type: Word root · Body system: Whole Body & General Terms

A word root is the core of a word; prefixes and suffixes attach around it. On this page: what therapeut means, and real medical words that use it, each broken down into its parts.

Example words using therapeut

therapeutic
therapeut (treatment) + -ic (pertaining to) = pertaining to treatment
therapeutics
therapeut (treatment) + -ics (science of) = the science of treatment
physiotherapeutic
physio- (physical) + therapeut (treatment) + -ic (pertaining to) = pertaining to physical treatment

Shortened forms

Charts and notes shorten long terms — see the Medical Abbreviations guide for the short forms you will meet in real records.

Please note: This section teaches the language of medicine — what word parts mean and how terms are built. It is an educational reference, not medical advice. For the meaning of a word in your own medical record, ask the clinician who wrote it.