curative
curative
Definition
cu·ra·tive (kyo̵or′ət iv)
adjective
- of or for the curing of disease
- curing, tending to cure, or having the power to cure
Etymology: ME < OFr curatif < ML curativus < L curatus, pp. of curare, to take care of < cura: see cure
noun
a thing that cures; remedy
curative
Synonyms
curative
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- basic: Other development programs need to integrate into health issues ( preventive and basic curative ) with appropriate back-up support from the medical program.
Modifies a noun
- resection: A curative hepatic resection may be possible in selected patients.
- hypnotherapy: Examination Fee The fee includes the full cost of the CHEC Certificate Examination in Curative Hypnotherapy.
- intent: Radical surgery was performed with curative intent in 30 patients, of whom 23 had negative surgical margins.
- treatment: The active total care of patients whose disease no longer responds to curative treatment.
- surgery: The rate of potentially curative surgery was similar to that found in the systematic review 8.
- therapy: For most of these people there is no curative therapy.
Modifying Another Word
- potentially: Any potentially curative treatment for stomach cancer requires gastric resection.
- not: Only 24 % understood that treatment for ovarian cancer usually was not curative.
- only: Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for gastric cancer.
