Curative \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
curative
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"
[syn: healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative,
therapeutic]
n : a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[syn: remedy, cure]
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alterative, cure, healing(p), remedial, remedy, sanative, therapeutic
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