noun
- A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
- synonyms: remedy, cure, therapeutic
adjective
- Tending to cure or restore to health.
- usage: "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
- synonyms: healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
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