🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

치유의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chiyu-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Curative/ˈkjʊər.ə.tɪv/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 온천수는 치유의 효능이 있습니다."

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 Latin 'curatus' (past participle of 'curare', meaning to take care of, heal, or cure). It entered the English language in the late 14th century through Old French, initially functioning in medical and therapeutic contexts to denote something possessing healing properties.

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