Remedial+treatment
11curative — curative, sanative, restorative, remedial, corrective are comparable when they mean returning or tending to return to a state of normalcy or health. Curative is applicable to whatever effects or, sometimes, seeks or tends to effect a complete… …
12cure — vb cured, cur·ing vt: to deal with in a way that eliminates or corrects: as a: to use judicial procedures to undo (damage to a litigant s case caused by procedural errors made during a trial) subsequent proceedings cured harm caused by trial… …
13therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… …
14cure — /ˈkjuə / (say kyoohuh), /ˈkjʊə / (say kyoouh) noun 1. a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease. 2. successful remedial treatment; restoration to health. 3. a means of healing or curing; a remedy. 4. the act or a method of curing… …
15Health care system — A health care system is the organization of people, institutions, and resources to deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There is a wide variety of health care systems around the world, with as many… …
16cure — cureless, adj. curelessly, adv. curer, n. /kyoor/, n., v., cured, curing. n. 1. a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy. 2. a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease. 3. successful remedial treatment; restoration to… …
17Queensland — /kweenz land , leuhnd/, n. a state in NE Australia. 2,295,123; 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Cap.: Brisbane. * * * State (pop., 2001: 3,635,121), northeastern Australia. Bounded on the north by the Pacific Ocean and the Great Barrier Reef,… …
18cure — [[t]kyʊər[/t]] n. v. cured, cur•ing 1) med a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy 2) med a method or course of remedial treatment, as for disease 3) med successful remedial treatment; restoration to health 4) a means of correcting or… …
19balneotherapy — bal·neo·ther·a·py ther ə pē n, pl pies the treatment of disease by baths * * * n. the treatment of disease by bathing, usually in the mineral containing waters of hot springs. The once fashionable water cures , taken at spas, certainly had a more …
20curative — curatively, adv. /kyoor euh tiv/, adj. 1. serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial. n. 2. a curative agent; remedy. [1375 1425; late ME < MF curatif < ML curativus, equiv. to LL curat(us) (ptp. of curare to… …
