Meaning of CURATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kyûrutiv
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- [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"
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CURATIVE is a 8 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | alterative, cure, healing(p), healthful, remedial, remedy, sanative, therapeutic |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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