Noun

• S: (n) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
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• S: (n) acoustic (a remedy for hearing loss or deafness)
• S: (n) antidote, counterpoison (a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison)
• S: (n) emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant (a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting)
• S: (n) lenitive (remedy that eases pain and discomfort)
• S: (n) lotion, application (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin) "a lotion for dry skin"
• S: (n) magic bullet (a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease) "there is no magic bullet against cancer"
• S: (n) ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)
• S: (n) palliative, alleviant, alleviator (remedy that alleviates pain without curing)
• S: (n) panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists)
• S: (n) preventive, preventative, prophylactic (remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease) "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) remedial [Related to: remedy] (tending to cure or restore to health) "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
• W: (v) remedy [Related to: remedy] (provide relief for) "remedy his illness"
• W: (v) cure [Related to: cure] (provide a cure for, make healthy again) "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

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"
• S: (v) cure (prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve) "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
• direct troponym / full troponym
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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• 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"