Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Curative has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
A substance that acts as a cure.
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"
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"