Antonyms for curative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kyoo r-uh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyʊər ə tɪv

Definition of curative

Origin : early 15c., from Old French curatif (15c.) "curative, healing," from Latin curat-, past participle stem of curare "to cure" (see cure (v.)). As a noun, attested from 1857.

adj healing, health-giving

Example sentences :

And yet if I suffer it can only be with what I may call a curative suffering.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

And if it did promote perspiration, one can well believe that it might be curative.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

The psychological work of the physician does not begin with his curative efforts.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

The curative effect on bodily disabilities is thus often an illusory one.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

The envoy's description of Francis's curative power is interesting.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

He now began to study the effect of light as a curative remedy.
Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson

Very little power is allowed to the curative efforts of nature.
Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

These are the only exceptions to the curative power of this drug.
Extract from : « Apis Mellifica » by C. W. Wolf

It can be taken at any time, and as a preventive as well as a curative.
Extract from : « One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed » by C. A. Bogardus

If there were any curative philosophy to be found, why could not he find it?
Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for curative

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