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Curative

Curative Meaning & Definition
Curative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Curative?

[n] a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Curative: alterative | cure | healing(p) | healthful | remedial | remedy | sanative | therapeutic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Curative: adjuvant | alterative | analeptic | beneficial | corrective | curing | healing | helpful | iatric | invigorating | medicable | medicative | medicinal | remedial | reparative | reparatory | restitutive | restitutory | restorative | salutary | sanative | sanatory | therapeutic | theriac | tonic | vulnerary | wholesome

See Also | acoustic | alleviant | alleviator | antidote | application | balm | counterpoison | cure-all | emetic | lenitive | lotion | magic bullet | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine | nauseant | nostrum | ointment | palliative | panacea | preventative | preventive | prophylactic | salve | treatment | unction | unguent | vomit | vomitive

Curative In Webster's Dictionary

\Cur"a*tive\ (k?r"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. curatif. See {Cure}, v. t.] Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure. --Arbuthnot.

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