curative

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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]

from 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

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