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From Latin curatrix, equivalent to curator + -trix.
curatrix (plural curatrixes or curatrices)
- (dated) A female curator, guardian, or custodian[1]
- (obsolete) A female who cures.
- the curatrix of diseases
- ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “CURATRIX”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
