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   curative

   /ˈkjʊərətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. able to cure disease: "the curative properties of herbs"

   noun

   • 1. a curative medicine or agent.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to cures’): from French curatif, -ive, from medieval Latin curativus, from Latin curare (see cure).

   Derivatives

   • 1. curatively adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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