curative
IPA: kjˈʊrʌtɪv
noun
- A substance that acts as a cure.
adjective
- Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
- (figurative, by extension) Remediative.
- (grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
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Examples of "curative" in Sentences
- Surgery is the only curative option.
- The curative may additionally comprise sulfur.
- Abdominal reexploration and drainage of bile is curative.
- It is often thought that medicine is the curative process.
- The main treatment is surgical removal and is usually curative.
- Curative Surgical treatment can be offered if the tumor is localized.
- These curative treatments attempt to destroy or remove the damaged epithelium.