curative
pronunciation
How to pronounce curative in British English:
UK [ˈkjʊərətɪv]
How to pronounce curative in American English:
US [ˈkjʊrətɪv]
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- Noun:
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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- Adjective:
- tending to cure or restore to health
Word Origin
- curative (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French curatif (15c.) "curative, healing," from Latin curat-, past participle stem of curare "to cure" (see cure (v.)). As a noun, attested from 1857.
Example
- 1. Curative effects of acute pulpitis treated by different methods .
- 2. More and more people have recognized its remarkable curative effect .
- 3. Surgical resection is typically curative .
- 4. They say these waters have curative powers .
- 5. Take curative baths once a day , and drink some mineral water .