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curative

[kyoor-uh-tiv] / ˈkyʊər ə tɪv /


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In aplastic anemia, where the marrow stops making enough blood cells, and in inherited blood disorders such as sickle-cell disease, stem-cell transplantation has emerged as a curative therapy as the procedure has become safer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

While there are medical based treatments such as chemotherapy, steroids and hormone therapy available, none of them are "curative", he said.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Watt Smith’s “Bad Friend” proved a much-needed curative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

Parran spoke at the conference about the need to think beyond “the separateness of preventative and curative efforts to reduce death and disease” because all health efforts “are parts of the same entity.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

Later, indeed, Holmes would establish his own curative spa on the second floor of his Englewood building and call it the Silver Ash Institute.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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