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Dictionary: cor·rec·tive   (kə-rĕk'tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
Tending or intended to correct: corrective lenses.

n.
An agent that corrects.

correctively cor·rec'tive·ly adv.

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adjective

    Tending to correct: amendatory, emendatory, reformative, reformatory, remedial. See correct/incorrect.

noun

    Something that corrects or counteracts: antidote, countermeasure, curative, cure, remedy. See better/worse.

Antonyms: corrective
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adj

Definition: healing, curing
Antonyms: harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining


Dental Dictionary: corrective
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A prescription ingredient designed to compensate for or nullify specific undesirable effects of the principal pharmaceutical agent and the adjuvant.

Veterinary Dictionary: corrective
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Pertaining to or emanating from the correction of a fault.

  • c. mating — an approach to selection of dams and sires in which an undesirable trait in one parent is ‘corrected’ in the offspring by mating to a parent with an opposing or improved value for the characteristic.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - korrigerende
n. - korrektiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
correctief, verbeterend

Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) correctif, rectifiant, réparateur, correcteur (verres)
n. - (Méd) correctif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besserungsmittel
adj. - korrigierend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διορθωτικό μέτρο
adj. - διορθωτικός, επανορθωτικός, σωφρονιστικός

Italiano (Italian)
correttivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corretivo (m), antídoto (m)
adj. - corretivo

Русский (Russian)
поправка, исправительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - correctivo
n. - correctivo, líquido correctivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - korrektiv, neutraliserande medel, botemedel
adj. - förbättrande, korrigerings-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
纠正的, 矫正的, 改正的, 改善法, 中和物, 矫正物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 糾正的, 矯正的, 改正的
n. - 改善法, 中和物, 矯正物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 교정하는, 제재하는, 중화하는
n. - 중화제, 구제 수단, 향료

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 矯正的な, 調整的な, 矯正する
n. - 矯正物, 調整策

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصلح, مهذب (صفه) تصحيحي, اصلاحي, تهذيبي, تأديبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחזיר למוטב‬
n. - ‮אמצעי או דבר המחזיר למוטב‬


 
 
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