Definition of Corrective

1. Noun. A device for treating injury or disease.

Exact synonyms: Restorative
Generic synonyms: Device
Specialized synonyms: Pack, Face Pack, Pack, Pick-me-up, Pickup, Prosthesis, Prosthetic Device
Derivative terms: Restorative

2. Adjective. Designed to promote discipline. "The mother was stern and disciplinary"
Exact synonyms: Disciplinal, Disciplinary
Similar to: Nonindulgent, Strict
Derivative terms: Correct, Correct, Discipline

3. Adjective. Tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition. "Corrective lenses"
Similar to: Bettering
Derivative terms: Correct, Correct, Correct

Definition of Corrective

1. a. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

2. n. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct.

Definition of Corrective

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Medical Definition of Corrective

1. 1. Counteracting, modifying, or changing what is injurious. 2. A drug that modifies or corrects an undesirable or injurious effect of another drug. Synonym: corrigent. Origin: L. Cor-rigo (conr-), pp. -rectus, to set right, fr. Rego, to keep straight (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrective

corrected dextrocardia
corrected transposition of the great vessels
correcter
correctest
correcting
correction
correction
correctional
correctional institution
correctional rehabilitation
corrections
correction collar
correctitude
correctitudes
corrective (current term)
corrective (current term)
correctively
correctives
corrective emotional experience
correctly
correctness
correctnesses
corrector
correctors
corrects
Correggio
Corregidor
correlatable
correlate
correlated

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