remedial
adjective/rɪˈmiːdiəl/
/rɪˈmiːdiəl/
[only before noun]- aimed at solving a problem, especially when this involves correcting or improving something that has been done wrong
- remedial treatment (= for a medical problem)
- Remedial action must be taken now.
- The building needs urgent remedial work to make it safe.
- connected with school students who are slower at learning than others
- remedial education
- a remedial class
- She teaches remedial English.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin remedialis, from Latin remedium ‘cure, medicine’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + mederi ‘heal’.
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