curative

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/ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/

Definition of curative

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

“The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.”
“Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences."”
“He was just as interested in preventive care as he was in curative measures.”

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adj

Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

“The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.”
“Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences."”
“He was just as interested in preventive care as he was in curative measures.”
(broadly, figuratively)Remediative.

“a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony”
(not-comparable)of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle French curatif.

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