remedial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   tending or intended to rectify or improve

   a remedial reading course

2. 2
   adj

   tending to cure or restore to health

3. 3
   adj

   curative; providing a remedy

4. 4
   adj

   intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

5. 5
   noun

   A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Etymology

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.