curable

[kyoo r-uh-buh l]

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adjective

capable of being cured.

Origin of curable

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin cūrābilis, equivalent to cūrā(re) to care for (derivative of cūra care) + -bilis -ble

Related formscur·a·bil·i·ty, cur·a·ble·ness, nouncur·a·bly, adverbun·cur·a·ble, adjectiveun·cur·a·ble·ness, nounun·cur·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for curable

Contemporary Examples

But it remains a curable illness, and one that does not require course after course of antibiotics.
Predator Doctors Take Advantage of Patients With ‘Chronic Lyme’ Scam
Russell Saunders
September 19, 2014
Homosexuality must be curable, it argues, since the Torah would not forbid something which is impossible to avoid.
Gay Orthodox Jews Sue Over Therapy That Claims to ‘Cure’ Them
Zoë Blackler
November 27, 2012
Diabesity is nearly 100 percent preventable, treatable, and very often curable.
The Real Fight Over Health Care Should Be Against Diabetes and Obesity
Mark Hyman, MD
March 23, 2012
Gangrene is not curable by current medical intervention once past a certain point in its progression, except by amputation.
Can Meditation Cure Disease?
Maureen Seaberg
December 25, 2010
How curable it is—caught soon enough—and how deadly it is if ignored.
Carly's Cancer Warning
Dana Goldstein
November 20, 2009

Historical Examples

For there are two classes of souls who undergo punishment—the curable and the incurable.
Gorgias
Plato
My system cures all that is curable when intelligently applied.
Doctor Jones' Picnic
S. E. Chapman
"You seem to think that some diseases are curable by faith and some not, Dr. Beswick," she said.
The Faith Doctor
Edward Eggleston
But through its application ninety-five per cent of cancers are now curable.
A Prize for Edie
Jesse Franklin Bone
Vitiligo and lichens are deformities of the skin, but they are curable.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)
Charles Creighton

British Dictionary definitions for curable

curable

adjective

capable of being cured

Derived Formscurability or curableness, nouncurably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for curable

adj.

late 14c., from cure (v.) + -able; or from Old French curable (13c.) and directly from Late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare.

curable in Medicine

curable

(kyur′ə-bəl)

adj.

Capable of being cured or healed.

curable

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Examples from the Web for curable

Contemporary Examples

But it remains a curable illness, and one that does not require course after course of antibiotics.

Homosexuality must be curable, it argues, since the Torah would not forbid something which is impossible to avoid.

Diabesity is nearly 100 percent preventable, treatable, and very often curable.

Gangrene is not curable by current medical intervention once past a certain point in its progression, except by amputation.

How curable it is—caught soon enough—and how deadly it is if ignored.

Historical Examples

For there are two classes of souls who undergo punishment—the curable and the incurable.

My system cures all that is curable when intelligently applied.

"You seem to think that some diseases are curable by faith and some not, Dr. Beswick," she said.

But through its application ninety-five per cent of cancers are now curable.

Vitiligo and lichens are deformities of the skin, but they are curable.

curable

Word Origin and History for curable

adj.

curable

Origin of curable