English > remedy: 4 senses > noun 2, artifactMeaning | A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve / relieve pain. |
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Synonyms | curative, cure, therapeutic |
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Part of | treatment, intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) |
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Narrower | acoustic | A remedy for hearing loss or deafness |
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antidote, counterpoison | A remedy / remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison |
emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant | A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting |
lenitive | remedy that eases pain and discomfort |
lotion, application | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin |
magic bullet | A remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease |
ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation |
palliative, alleviant, alleviator | remedy that alleviates pain without curing |
panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases |
preventive, preventative, prophylactic | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease |
Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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Spanish | cura, curativa, curativo, medicamento, remedio, remisión, terapéutico |
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Catalan | cura, guariment, medicament, remei |
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Adjectives | remedial | tending to cure or restore to health |
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Verbs | remedy | provide relief for |
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