'Curative' definitions:
Definition of 'curative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
noun
Definition of 'Curative'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'curative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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