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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

有疗效的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǒu liáoxiào de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Curative/ˈkjʊər.ə.tɪv/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这种草药具有显著的疗效。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Able to cure or heal; tending to overcome disease or restore health.

    "The hot springs are believed to have curative properties for joint pain."
As noun
  1. 1

    A remedy or agent that cures diseases.

    "Ancient physicians searched endlessly for a universal curative."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin curativus, stemming from the Latin curare (to take care of, heal), itself from cura (care, concern). The term entered Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, initially functioning as a medical descriptor for treatments capable of curing diseases rather than merely alleviating symptoms.

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