curative

1. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain (synset 104081594)
   is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
   subtypes:

   • acoustic - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
   • antidote, counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
   • emetic, nauseant, vomit, vomitive - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
   • lenitive - remedy that eases pain and discomfort
   • application, lotion - liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
   • magic bullet - a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease
   • balm, ointment, salve, unction, unguent - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
   • alleviant, alleviator, palliative - remedy that alleviates pain without curing
   • catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
   • preventative, preventive, prophylactic - remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
   is a part of: intervention, treatment - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
   same as: cure, remedy, therapeutic

1. Tending to cure or restore to health (synset 301169487)
   "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
   similar to: healthful - conducive to good health of body or mind
   same as: alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic

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