cures
Medical breakthrough solutions
Cures is the plural of cure—remedies or treatments that restore health or solve problems: Modern medicine has cures for many diseases that were once fatal.
As a verb, cures means heals or preserves: Time cures most wounds.
Meat or fish cures when preserved by salting, smoking, or drying: The ham cures in the smokehouse for several weeks.
Returning something to condition
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- salveTopical healing preparation
balm · panacea · elixir · mending · repair · convalescence · recuperation · renewal
Curative treatment or fix
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- antidoteSubstance neutralizing harmful agents
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
antibiotic · prescription · therapy · medicine · pharmaceutical · pill · tablet · capsule
Reduction of intensity
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- sootheGently ease discomfort
- easeLack of strain
- solaceRelief from distress
palliative · mitigate · assuage · respite · reprieve · palliate · remedy · treatment
Addressing interconnected wholes
- detoxSubstance removal process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- spaTherapeutic wellness facility
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
cleanse · naturopathy · homeopathy · alternative medicine · acupuncture · ayurveda · traditional medicine · herbal
Inhaling burning tobacco
- saltingApplying sodium chloride
- briningSaltwater soaking for meat
- picklingAcid preservation process
- dryingMoisture removal process
jerky · bacon · ham · prosciutto · corned beef · charcuterie · preserving · fermentation
restoration
Returning something to condition
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
salve · balm · panacea · elixir · mending · repair · convalescence · recuperation · renewal · revival
remedy
Curative treatment or fix
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- antidoteSubstance neutralizing harmful agents
vaccine · antibiotic · prescription · therapy · medicine · pharmaceutical · pill · tablet · capsule · injection
alleviation
Reduction of intensity
solace · palliative · mitigate · assuage · respite · reprieve · palliate · remedy · treatment · symptom relief
holistic
Addressing interconnected wholes
- detoxSubstance removal process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- spaTherapeutic wellness facility
retreat · cleanse · naturopathy · homeopathy · alternative medicine · acupuncture · ayurveda · traditional medicine · herbal · organic
smoking
Inhaling burning tobacco
drying · jerky · bacon · ham · prosciutto · corned beef · charcuterie · preserving · fermentation · aging
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- apothecarypharmacy, apothecary, drugstore, dispensary, pharmacist
- Catholic Miraclesapparitions, Fatima, Lourdes, stigmata, weeping statues
- folk medicinefolk medicine, herbalism, herbal remedies, folk healer, herbal medicine
- old medicinebloodletting, leeches, leech therapy, leeching, cupping
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
curesexacerbates
Makes more severe
worsens · aggravates · intensifies · perpetuates · spreads
curesfails
Does not succeed
palliates · masks · suppresses · manages · alleviates
- cured meatSalt-preserved animal protein
- cured fishSalt-preserved aquatic protein
- miracle curesFraudulent health claims
- hangover cureTreatment for alcohol aftereffects
- museum curatorCaretaker of institutional collections
- The CureBritish post-punk band
cure, cured, curing, curable, incurable, curator, curative, curatives, curatorial