CURATIVE

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


Etymology 1

Adjective

curative (comparative more curative, superlative most curative)

Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

Noun

curative (plural curatives)

A substance that acts as a cure.

Etymology 2

Adjective

curative (not comparable)

(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"

Usage notes

• Curative verbs are common in Uralic languages.

Hypernyms

• 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



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