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Antonyms for curative
ˈkyʊər ə tɪvcu·ra·tive

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  1. remedy, curative, cure, therapeuticadjective

    a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

    Antonyms:
    unhealthful

    Synonyms:
    therapeutic, cure, redress, remedy, remediation

  2. curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeuticadjective

    tending to cure or restore to health

    "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"

    Antonyms:
    unhealthful

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  1. curativeadjective

    Synonyms:
    remedial, sanatory

How to use curative in a sentence?

  1. Fyodor Urnov:

    To have something this astonishingly curative languish because the marketplace isn’t configured to deliver curative therapies for rare diseases – it’s just an enormous stain.

  2. Freddie Bray:

    The burden of cancer incidence and mortality is rapidly growing worldwide, and reflects both aging and growth of the population, as well as changes in the prevalence and distribution of the main risk factors for cancer, several of which are associated with socioeconomic development, effective and resource-sensitive preventative and curative interventions are pertinent for cancer diagnosis.

  3. The CDC:

    Although a curative treatment is not yet available, early diagnosis and treatment of chronic HBV infections reduces the risk for cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death, along with vaccination strategies, universal screening of adults and appropriate testing of persons at increased risk for HBV infection will improve health outcomes, reduce the prevalence of HBV infection in the United States, and advance viral hepatitis elimination goals.

  4. Carl June:

    We did not think that this would be a curative therapy at all back in 2010, but the reason now I think we can say this is a cure for Doug Olson -- from a scientific point of view -- is, I mean, these are the most mature, the oldest results available reported in the scientific literature, since they were the first treated.

  5. Malina Malkani:

    There's really not a lot of evidence either supporting of the health claims that are made about alkaline water or refuting the claims, it's one of those fads that people are making all kinds of claims about, Malina Malkani know,' It's a miracle cure, and it's a curative for so many different things, and it can boost Malina Malkani metabolism and prevent cancer,' and there's just a lot we don't know.

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