English > therapeutic: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve / relieve pain. |
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| Synonyms | remedy, curative, cure |
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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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