curative

Definitions

Having the power to heal or cure diseases.

Relating to or used in the treatment of a medical condition.

Examples

The doctor believed that the fresh mountain air would have a curative effect on his persistent cough.

Many ancient cultures relied on the curative properties of various herbs and roots to treat common ailments.

Synonyms

healing remedial therapeutic medicinal restorative salutary corrective

Antonyms

harmful deleterious damaging toxic injurious detrimental poisonous