curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
(adjective) tending to cure or restore to health; “curative powers of herbal remedies”; “her gentle healing hand”; “remedial surgery”; “a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air”; “a therapeutic agent”; “therapeutic diets”
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
(noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curative (comparative more curative, superlative most curative)
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
curative (plural curatives)
A substance that acts as a cure.
curative (not comparable)
(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
• Curative verbs are common in Uralic languages.
• causative
Source: Wiktionary
Cur"a*tive (kr"-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F.curatif. See Cure, v. t.]
Definition: Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
