curative
nounEtymology Borrowed from Middle French curatif.
1
A substance that acts as a cure.
curative
adj/ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French curatif.
1
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."1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 384:
1 more example
- He was just as interested in preventive care as he was in curative measures.2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 41:
2
Broadly, Figuratively Remediative.
- a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony
- Derived terms
- curatively, curativeness, noncurative, subcurative
- Related terms
- therapeutic, remedial