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remedial

 adjective
     
re‧me‧di‧al
1

remedial course/class/teacher etc

SES a special course etc that helps students who have difficulty learning something
2 intended to improve something that is wrong:
Some remedial work needs to be done on the foundations.
3 intended to cure a problem with someone's health:
remedial mental health therapies
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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