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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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