Hypertext Webster Gateway: "curative"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]


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