curative

3 definitions found

curative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

curative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  curative
      adj 1: 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:
             curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial,
             sanative, therapeutic]
      n 1: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
           [syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic]

curative - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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