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RESTORATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does restorative mean?
• RESTORATIVE (noun)
The noun RESTORATIVE has 2 senses:
1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
2. a device for treating injury or disease
Familiarity information: RESTORATIVE used as a noun is rare.
• RESTORATIVE (adjective)
The adjective RESTORATIVE has 2 senses:
1. tending to impart new life and vigor to
2. promoting recuperation
Familiarity information: RESTORATIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicine that strengthens and invigorates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
restorative; tonic
Hypernyms ("restorative" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restorative"):
bracer; pick-me-up (a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor))
Derivation:
restorative (promoting recuperation)
restorative (tending to impart new life and vigor to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A device for treating injury or disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
corrective; restorative
Hypernyms ("restorative" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restorative"):
pack (a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect)
face pack; pack (a cream that cleanses and tones the skin)
pick-me-up; pickup (anything with restorative powers)
prosthesis; prosthetic device (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)
Derivation:
restorative (promoting recuperation)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to impart new life and vigor to
Synonyms:
renewing; restorative; revitalising; revitalizing; reviving
Context example:
the renewing warmth of the sunshine
Similar:
invigorating (imparting strength and vitality)
Derivation:
restorative (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates)
restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Promoting recuperation
Synonyms:
recuperative; restorative
Context example:
restorative effects of exercise
Similar:
healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)
Derivation:
restorative (a device for treating injury or disease)
restorative (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates)
restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)
Context examples
Her unwillingness to quit her mother was her only restorative to calmness; and at the moment of parting her grief on that score was excessive.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A proprietary, rigid, self-setting restorative material.
(Dycal, NCI Thesaurus)
Insomnia symptoms included difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, early-morning awakening, and non-restorative sleep.
(Insomnia: Heart Attack, Stroke Risk, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
An adhesive restorative material, available in a number of shades to match patients' teeth, used for restoring teeth, correcting tooth discolorations, or cosmetic tooth enhancements.
(Bonding Restorative Material, NCI Thesaurus)
A tooth restorative material that contains both microfill composites and macrofill composites, and contains a range of particle sizes between .6 and 1 micron in diameter.
(Hybrid Composite, NCI Thesaurus)
Anne, judging from her own temperament, would have deemed such a domestic hurricane a bad restorative of the nerves, which Louisa's illness must have so greatly shaken.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
She was not so materially cast down, however, but that a little time and the return of Harriet were very adequate restoratives.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Any of the dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient.
(Dental Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
A healthcare facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or residents in need of assistance with activities of daily living.
(Long-Term Care Facility, NCI Thesaurus)
It enhances the attachment of resin cements or restorative materials to the surface.
(Microetching, NCI Thesaurus)
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