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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curative \Cur"a*tive\ (k?r"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. curatif See {Cure}, v. t.] Relating to or employed in the cure of diseases; tending to cure. --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curative adj : tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: {healing(p)}, {alterative}, {remedial}, {sanative}, {therapeutic}] n : a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: {remedy}, {cure}]
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