curative

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
• Syn:
remedy, cure, therapeutic
• Derivationally related forms:
cure (for: cure), remedial (for: remedy), remedy (for: remedy)
• Hypernyms:
medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
• Hyponyms:
acoustic, antidote, counterpoison, emetic, vomit,
vomitive, nauseant, lenitive, lotion, application, magic bullet,
ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve, palliative,
alleviant, alleviator, panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all,
preventive, preventative, prophylactic
• Part Holonyms:
treatment, intervention

II - 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:
healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
• Similar to:
healthful
• Derivationally related forms:
remedy (for: remedial), cure

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic, remedy, cure