curative

(kyʊr'ə-tĭv)
adj.

1. Serving or tending to cure.
2. Of or relating to the cure of disease.

n.
Something that cures; a remedy.

[Middle English, from Old French curatif, from Medieval Latin cūrātīvus, from Latin cūrātus, past participle of cūrāre, to cure, from cūra, care. See cure.]

curatively cu'ra·tive·ly adv.
curativeness cu'ra·tive·ness n.

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adjective

Serving to cure: remedial, restorative, therapeutic. See health/sickness.

noun

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

adj

Definition: healing, health-giving
Antonyms: harmful, hurting, injurious, painful

Correcting a legal error or defect. A judge will give a curative instruction to the jury to negate the effect of an erroneous instruction or of tainted evidence. 23 A. 2d 288. A curative statute is enacted to remedy a defect in previously enacted legislation.

For a list of words related to curative, see:

• PHARMACOLOGY - curative: any substance that tends to relieve symptoms and treat disease; sanative

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - helbredende
n. - lægemiddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
genezend, geneesmiddel

Français (French)
adj. - curatif
n. - cure

Deutsch (German)
adj. - heilend, Heil-
n. - Heilmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θεραπευτικός, ιαματικός

Italiano (Italian)
curativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - curativo

Русский (Russian)
целебный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - curativo, que sirve para curar
n. - agente curativo, remedio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - botande, läkande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
治病的, 有治病效力的, 医药, 治疗药

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 治病的, 有治病效力的
n. - 醫藥, 治療藥

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 병에 잘 듣는, 치유적인
n. - 치료법, 의약

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 治療の, 治療に有効な
n. - 治療薬, 治療法

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شافي, ناجع, مداوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של מרפא‬
n. - ‮מרפא‬

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