Synonyms 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

   Synonyms:
   therapeutic, cure, redress, remedy, remediation

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

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

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1. curativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   remedial, sanatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "curative":

   remedial, therapeutic, healing, treatment, cure

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Rita Sorrenti:

   We had room for all social classes : elegant bourgeois ladies, young apprentices, old men, masons and even tramps queued outside, they wanted a curative pedicure, our specialty.

5. Tari King:

   The risks and benefits of local therapy -- surgery plus radiation -- for breast cancer are favorable when surgery is being performed for curative intent.