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curative

curative

8 6.2
Able to cure disease and help someone get better
  • adjective
  • /ˈkjʊərətɪv/
translation icon : curativo
  • The baths are thought to possess curative powers; in summer, the site teems with visitors.
  • curative treatment
  • curative agent
  • curative powers

Among all the different psychotherapeutic schools is that the confrontation of existential problems, voluntary confrontation, is curative.

Examples

  • Regular exercise is known for its curative benefits on both physical and mental health.

  • At present, transplantation is the only possible curative therapy.

    Dying of the Light (2014)

  • It's amazing the simple curative power of exercise.

    First Reformed (2018)

  • In addition, interviewees regarded the oil itself as having curative properties.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We therefore carried out our clinical trial in patients about to undergo curative resection of colorectal cancer.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy are the two curative treatments for organ-confined prostate adenocarcinoma.

    Academic text (1995)

  • For noninfiltrating angiolipomas, simple excision is curative because these lesions have no tendency to recur following surgical removal.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The herbal concoction is believed to have curative properties that can help restore health.

  • Doctors are investigating whether the new medication has curative effects on chronic illnesses.

Synonyms

therapeutic
vscurative
87 5.2

Helping a person feel better physically or mentally

stresses direct power to cure disease rather than treatment relation
medicinal
vscurative
50 4.0

Able to help heal or treat illness

emphasizes curing disease itself rather than being merely medical in nature
remedial
vscurative
1 5.3

Helps heal a sickness or an injury

is the broader descriptor of actual healing power not only intent
sanative
vscurative
  • Archaic
9.9

A thing that heals or helps a person get better after illness

is the common modern term for the same healing ability
healing
vscurative
2.6

That helps the body or mind become healthy again

focuses more on direct ability to cure disease rather than general recovery
medicative
vscurative
7.9

Helping to cure illness or heal injuries

is the general term for curing power beyond strictly medicinal qualities
restitutive
vscurative
7.9

Making someone feel healthy and strong again

focuses on curing disease itself rather than mainly restoring strength
alterative
vscurative
  • Archaic
9.9

Able to make a sick person healthier

is the standard contemporary word without archaic or traditional tone

Antonyms

incurable
21 5.2

A disease that cannot be cured

Compounds

curative treatment
  • Specialized
3.8

A medical treatment that removes a disease completely

How Curative

curative
8 6.2
healing
2.6
therapeutic
87 5.2

Surface Forms

curative positive

Morphology

curative = cure (transparent) = cure + ative

The adjective is a standard derivation from 'cure' with '-ative', meaning 'having the function of curing', which is semantically straightforward.

Etymology

Curative as an adjective comes from the Latin word curare, meaning 'to care for' or 'to heal', and it has the same root as the word cure. So if something is curative, it has the power to 'care for' and restore health.