curative treatment
- noun
- /ˈkjʊrətɪv ˈtritmənt/
- Specialized
:
tratamiento curativo
- The case we describe herein provides further evidence that surgical excision without postoperative chemo- or radiotherapy is sufficient for curative treatment.
Examples
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Current curative treatments include liver transplantation or surgical resection.
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Even if the disease is too far advanced for curative treatment, try to reassure the patient that you will provide support (medical and nonmedical) for as long as is needed to make the patient's remaining life as comfortable as possible.
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Despite the need for revision surgery, this case provides support for the idea that surgery alone is sufficient for curative treatment.
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At times, these beliefs may be in conflict with hospice services, which are designed to provide comfort care rather than curative treatment.
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Further understanding of the molecular basis of HHT may lead to the development of conventional molecular diagnosis and curative treatment.
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There is no curative treatment for Huntington's disease, although antidepressants, movement suppressants, and antipsychotics have a place.
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Radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy are the two curative treatments for organ-confined prostate adenocarcinoma.
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To combat sickness and disease, Northern Cheyenne doctors employed a large array of curative treatments, ranging from administering herbs to ceremonial participation.
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A new study shows that a curative treatment for diabetes may be available in the next few years.
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Many researchers are focused on discovering curative treatments for various types of cancer.
Synonyms
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2.1
Care to cure or reduce a health problem
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3.2
Treatment given to help physical or mental health problems
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2.5
A medicine or treatment that makes an illness go away
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3.4
A medicine or treatment that treats illness and reduces pain
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3.3
The use of medicine to treat an illness
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6.2
A medicine or treatment that cures disease and eases pain
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6.2
A medical treatment that uses medicines like pills or injections
A substance used to treat, prevent, or reduce symptoms of illness
Antonyms
- Specialized
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7.7
A treatment that relieves pain or other symptoms without curing the illness
How Curative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional from 'curative' (having the power to heal) + 'treatment' (medical care), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a therapy intended to cure rather than merely relieve symptoms. The adjective+noun pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the phrase predictable to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Curative treatment comes from an old word meaning 'to care' or 'to cure'; curative means 'to cure' and treatment means care, so imagine a doctor removing the illness rather than only easing pain. That's why curative treatment means medical care that aims 'to cure' the disease, not just 'to relieve' symptoms.