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单词 curative
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Definition of curative in English:

curative

adjective ˈkjʊərətɪvˈkjʊrədɪv
  • Able to cure disease.

    the curative properties of herbs

    草药的治疗特性。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • No amount of curative health measures can offset the harmful effects of poor environmental health planning for communities in emergency settlements.
    • Coral became a popular choice for jewelry in ancient Rome, for it was thought to have curative properties and to be a defense against evil.
    • Posters portraying symptoms, preventive and curative aspects for diseases, tips for first aid and healthy diet also form part of the auditorium.
    • People consume tokek because most believe the reptile has curative properties for a variety of skin diseases.
    • UV light is known to have bactericidal activity and could have curative properties as far as secondary bacterial infections are concerned.
    • Recurrence of the primary tumor is rarely amenable to curative therapy.
    • It deals with the totality of individual and social health including preventive and curative aspects.
    • Today, it is widely accepted among doctors and homeopaths that some ingredients found in tea do have legitimate curative properties.
    • Then a comprehensive health policy which caters for improved living conditions and changed social attitudes as well as curative treatment of disease will need to devised.
    • Most governments ban distributors from making any claims about disease prevention or curative properties.
    • A recent report credits the age-old beverage with yet another curative property: joint protector.
    • We included data on oesophageal and gastric operations for malignant and benign disease with palliative or curative intent.
    • Transplantation remains the sole curative therapy for the disease, although it too is not without the potential for severe complications.
    • In the United Kingdom primary care does not currently have a formal role in monitoring for disease recurrence after curative treatments.
    • Less than 20% of individuals suffering this disease are diagnosed in stages in which curative surgery is an option.
    • Subsequently, clients may also attend the health centers for curative care and health education at any time.
    • Most patients present with advanced disease, and curative surgery requires considerable resources in the operating theatre and in critical care.
    • They not only provide preventive and basic curative health care but also perform family planning procedures and other surgical operations.
    • Photodynamic therapy has curative potential for patients with early lung cancer that is centrally located.
    • Both toxic and curative potentials are properties of all drugs.
    Synonyms
    healing, therapeutic, medicinal, remedial, curing, corrective
    restorative, tonic, health-giving, healthful, sanative
    rare febrifugal, vulnerary, analeptic, iatric
noun ˈkjʊərətɪvˈkjʊrədɪv
  • A curative medicine or agent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several systems advocate the use of gold jewellery as a curative for many ailments.
    • During the mid 1800's, the tomato was considered a curative for almost every major illness.
    • It never suggests that adultery is a curative for a diseased relationship.
    • Sound was seen as a powerful curative in asylums here in Australia.
    • Red chilli has been proven to be a curative for cough, cold, rhinitis and bronchitis.
    • Religion as a curative or a shield has not been a phenomenon exclusive to priests.
    • No, it's not just a fragrant perfume associated with old ladies - it is, says Linda, a powerful curative.
    • The depression which follows is the curative by which the excesses are removed from the marketplace.
    • It governs the healing principle so it has signification over herbs that are all-round curatives, such as selfheal (prunella).
    • He reported he felt better, making her wonder about the benefits of increased circulation as a curative.
    • Many of the objects mentioned above have been credited with beneficial or medicinal properties, and prescribed in one form or another as curatives or aphrodisiacs.
    • A lot are here because they have learning difficulties but this is because parents see our education as a curative.
    • Since many of the men had been captured because they were too wounded or sick to escape, and since prison life offered no curatives for recovery, death was a daily occurrence in every Civil War prison.
    • It is now the curative for all the world's ills from war, to poverty, to cultural primitiveness.
    • In alternative medicine, urine is considered a curative for a variety of medical conditions.
    • Ginseng was both native and plentiful in New England and was highly regarded by the Chinese for its use as a curative for a variety of ailments.
    Synonyms
    remedy, curative, medicine, medication, medicament, restorative, corrective, antidote, antiserum

Derivatives

  • curatively

  • adverb
    • We sprayed curatively and we were able to increase our spray intervals.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘We combat many insect problems curatively with sprays, but the emerald ash borer is a completely different story,’ said Lang.
      • Free peritoneal tumour cells are an independent prognostic factor in curatively resected stage IB gastric carcinoma.
      • At present, there is some evidence that retinoid or high-dose vitamin A chemoprevention may reduce the recurrence rate and improve the disease-free interval in patients curatively resected for stage I lung cancer.
      • Foliar applications must be started as from the first growing periods, preventively, or as soon as the first signs of deficiency appears, curatively, and must be repeated according to their evolution.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'relating to cures'): from French curatif, -ive, from medieval Latin curativus, from Latin curare (see cure).

Definition of curative in US English:

curative

adjectiveˈkyo͝orədivˈkjʊrədɪv
  • Able to cure disease.

    the curative properties of herbs

    草药的治疗特性。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • No amount of curative health measures can offset the harmful effects of poor environmental health planning for communities in emergency settlements.
    • Today, it is widely accepted among doctors and homeopaths that some ingredients found in tea do have legitimate curative properties.
    • A recent report credits the age-old beverage with yet another curative property: joint protector.
    • Subsequently, clients may also attend the health centers for curative care and health education at any time.
    • Recurrence of the primary tumor is rarely amenable to curative therapy.
    • They not only provide preventive and basic curative health care but also perform family planning procedures and other surgical operations.
    • Photodynamic therapy has curative potential for patients with early lung cancer that is centrally located.
    • In the United Kingdom primary care does not currently have a formal role in monitoring for disease recurrence after curative treatments.
    • Most patients present with advanced disease, and curative surgery requires considerable resources in the operating theatre and in critical care.
    • UV light is known to have bactericidal activity and could have curative properties as far as secondary bacterial infections are concerned.
    • People consume tokek because most believe the reptile has curative properties for a variety of skin diseases.
    • Most governments ban distributors from making any claims about disease prevention or curative properties.
    • Less than 20% of individuals suffering this disease are diagnosed in stages in which curative surgery is an option.
    • Coral became a popular choice for jewelry in ancient Rome, for it was thought to have curative properties and to be a defense against evil.
    • We included data on oesophageal and gastric operations for malignant and benign disease with palliative or curative intent.
    • Transplantation remains the sole curative therapy for the disease, although it too is not without the potential for severe complications.
    • Then a comprehensive health policy which caters for improved living conditions and changed social attitudes as well as curative treatment of disease will need to devised.
    • Both toxic and curative potentials are properties of all drugs.
    • It deals with the totality of individual and social health including preventive and curative aspects.
    • Posters portraying symptoms, preventive and curative aspects for diseases, tips for first aid and healthy diet also form part of the auditorium.
    Synonyms
    healing, therapeutic, medicinal, remedial, curing, corrective
nounˈkyo͝orədivˈkjʊrədɪv
  • A medicine or remedy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sound was seen as a powerful curative in asylums here in Australia.
    • Ginseng was both native and plentiful in New England and was highly regarded by the Chinese for its use as a curative for a variety of ailments.
    • In alternative medicine, urine is considered a curative for a variety of medical conditions.
    • Since many of the men had been captured because they were too wounded or sick to escape, and since prison life offered no curatives for recovery, death was a daily occurrence in every Civil War prison.
    • The depression which follows is the curative by which the excesses are removed from the marketplace.
    • He reported he felt better, making her wonder about the benefits of increased circulation as a curative.
    • It governs the healing principle so it has signification over herbs that are all-round curatives, such as selfheal (prunella).
    • Several systems advocate the use of gold jewellery as a curative for many ailments.
    • During the mid 1800's, the tomato was considered a curative for almost every major illness.
    • No, it's not just a fragrant perfume associated with old ladies - it is, says Linda, a powerful curative.
    • A lot are here because they have learning difficulties but this is because parents see our education as a curative.
    • Religion as a curative or a shield has not been a phenomenon exclusive to priests.
    • Many of the objects mentioned above have been credited with beneficial or medicinal properties, and prescribed in one form or another as curatives or aphrodisiacs.
    • It is now the curative for all the world's ills from war, to poverty, to cultural primitiveness.
    • Red chilli has been proven to be a curative for cough, cold, rhinitis and bronchitis.
    • It never suggests that adultery is a curative for a diseased relationship.
    Synonyms
    remedy, curative, medicine, medication, medicament, restorative, corrective, antidote, antiserum

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to cures’): from French curatif, -ive, from medieval Latin curativus, from Latin curare (see cure).

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