1. Tending to cure or restore to health
   "curative powers of herbal remedies";
   - healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic, sanatory

1. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain
   "The new antibiotic proved to be an effective curative for the infection";
   - remedy, cure, therapeutic

Derived forms: curatives

See also: healthful

Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Part of: intervention, treatment

Encyclopedia: Curative