| 单词 | curative |
| 释义 | curative (once / 7606 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY curative: curatively, curatives+/curable: curability, curableness, incurable/cure: curable, curative, cured, cures, curing/cured: uncured/incurable: incurability, incurableness, incurables, incurably USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike hospice, patients receiving palliative care aren’t required to forgo potentially curative treatments like chemotherapy. Wall Street Journal(Dec 02, 2016) The available chemotherapy is largely palliative rather than curative. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) No drug has been specifically approved to treat NMO; patients are often treated with immunosuppressive drugs that can prevent future attacks but are not curative. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) 1adj tending to cure or restore to health curative powers of herbal remedies Syn alterative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic healthful conducive to good health of body or mind 2n a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain Syn|Hypo|Hyper cure, remedy, therapeutic acoustic a remedy for hearing loss or deafness antidote, counterpoisona remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison emetic, nauseant, vomit, vomitivea medicine that induces nausea and vomiting lenitiveremedy that eases pain and discomfort application, lotionliquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin magic bulleta remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease balm, ointment, salve, unction, unguentsemisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation alleviant, alleviator, palliativeremedy that alleviates pain without curing catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panaceahypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists preventative, preventive, prophylacticremedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease arnicaan ointment used in treating bruises atropinea poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides baby oilan ointment for babies balsaman ointment containing a fragrant resin black lotion, blackwasha mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores calamine lotiona lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations carron oilan ointment formerly used to treat burns ceratea hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin chrism, chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oila consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam collyrium, eye-lotion, eyewashlotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes ipecaca medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) embrocation, linimenta medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain lip balma balm applied to the lips menthola lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint mentholated salvea salve containing menthol mercurial ointmentan ointment containing mercury dry mustard, powdered mustarda substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic rubbing alcohollotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use witch hazel, wych hazellotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant zinc ointmentan ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases elixira substance believed to cure all ills obidoxime chloridea chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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