curative.
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
Meaning & usage
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.
Remediative.
a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French curatif.
A substance that acts as a cure.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French curatif.
of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
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