Curative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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