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• curative — curative, sanative, restorative, remedial, corrective are comparable when they mean returning or tending to return to a state of normalcy or health. Curative is applicable to whatever effects or, sometimes, seeks or tends to effect a complete… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Curative — may refer to: Curative care, also called curative medicine, health care traditionally oriented towards seeking a cure for an existent disease or medical condition Curative petition, a legal petition specific to the India justice system that is a… …   Wikipedia

• curative — cu·ra·tive / kyu̇r ə tiv/ adj: serving or intended to cure defects curative instructions to the jury Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. curative …   Law dictionary

• Curative care — or curative medicine is the kind of health care traditionally oriented towards seeking a cure for an existent disease or medical condition. Curative care differs from preventive care, which aims at preventing the appearance of diseases through… …   Wikipedia

• curative — (adj.) early 15c., from O.Fr. curatif (15c.) curative, healing, from L. curat , pp. stem of curare to cure (see CURE (Cf. cure) (v.)). As a noun, attested from 1857 …   Etymology dictionary

• curative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ able to cure disease. ► NOUN ▪ a curative medicine or agent …   English terms dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• curative instruction — n. An instruction given by a judge to a jury intended to correct an erroneous instruction or to fix the jury’s interpretation of improper evidence. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …   Law dictionary

• curative statute — n. A statute passed to correct a defect in a previously enacted law. See also declaratory The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• curative preparation — index drug Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• curative — [adj] healing, health giving alleviative, beneficial, corrective, curing, healthful, helpful, invigorating, medicable, medicative, medicinal, pick me up*, remedial, remedying, restorative, salutary, sanative, shot in the arm*, therapeutic, tonic …   New thesaurus