Curative

//ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv//

Synonyms for "curative" (40 found)

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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related to

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similar

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Translations

24 translations across 17 languages.

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Bashkir

2 entries
  • дарыу adj (possessing the ability to cure)
  • шифалы adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • лечебен adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Catalan

1 entries
  • curatiu adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Dutch

1 entries
  • curatief adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lekjandi adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kuratiivinen adj ((grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something")
  • parantava adj (possessing the ability to cure)

French

1 entries
  • curatif adj (possessing the ability to cure)

German

2 entries
  • heilend adj (possessing the ability to cure)
  • heilkräftig adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • gyógy adj (possessing the ability to cure)
  • gyógyhatású adj (possessing the ability to cure)
  • gyógyító adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kuratif adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Italian

1 entries
  • curativo adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakaoraora adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Polish

3 entries
  • kuracyjny adj (possessing the ability to cure)
  • kuratywny adj ((grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something")
  • leczniczy adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • curativo adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • भेषज adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Spanish

1 entries
  • curativo adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Welsh

1 entries
  • iachusol adj (possessing the ability to cure)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The brain is the center of all curative energy.

Source: tatoeba (2756548)

In the so-called golden age of bathing, people of means flocked to bathhouse palaces for the pampering. Others went to bathhouses in remote mountain towns in the belief that their mineral-rich waters, bubbling from springs deep beneath the earth, offered curative powers. Treatments at bathhouse spas were said to cure everything from nervousness to gout to syphilis.

Source: tatoeba (12111892)

The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.

Source: wiktionary

Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences."

Source: wiktionary

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