curative

What it means

1. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

   The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.

   2 more examples

   Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences."

   1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 384

   He was just as interested in preventive care as he was in curative measures.

   2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 41

2. broadlyfigurativelyRemediative.

   a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony

In a sentence

The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.

Where it comes from

1. Middle Frenchcuratif
2. Middle Frenchcuratif
3. Englishcurative

Borrowed from Middle French curatif.