English Dictionary
◊ REMEDIAL
remedial
adj 1: tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial
reading course"; "remedial education"
2: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of
herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial
surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh
air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: {curative},
{healing(p)}, {alterative}, {sanative}, {therapeutic}]