therapeutics
n. plural-onlyn. the branch of medicine that focuses on how to treat and cure diseases. It also refers to the specific treatments or drugs used to help a patient get better.
n. the branch of medical science concerned with the treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents. Refers collectively to the treatments, therapies, or drugs applied to manage a condition.
The doctor discussed new therapeutics for heart disease.
Recent breakthroughs in gene-based therapeutics have offered hope to patients with previously untreatable hereditary conditions.
While diagnostics allow for the identification of a pathogen, the field of therapeutics determines the pharmacological or surgical interventions necessary to restore the patient to a state of homeostasis.
Plural in form but often treated as a singular noun when referring to the field of study; takes a plural verb when referring to specific medicinal agents.