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Noun
S:
(n)
remedy
,
curative
,
cure
,
therapeutic
(a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
medicine
,
medication
,
medicament
,
medicinal drug
((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
S:
(n)
drug
(a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
S:
(n)
agent
(a substance that exerts some force or effect)
S:
(n)
causal agent
,
cause
,
causal agency
(any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
substance
(a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)
"shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"
S:
(n)
matter
(that which has mass and occupies space)
"physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
part holonym
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
bring around
,
cure
,
heal
(provide a cure for, make healthy again)
"The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
S:
(v)
recuperate
(restore to good health or strength)
domain category
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
help
,
aid
(improve the condition of)
"These pills will help the patient"
entailment
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
cure
(prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve)
"cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
S:
(v)
cure
(make (substances) hard and improve their usability)
"cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
S:
(v)
cure
(be or become preserved)
"the apricots cure in the sun"