curable

[ kyoor-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being cured.

curable

/ ˈkjʊərəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being cured

Derived Forms

• ˈcurably, adverb
• ˌcuraˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• cura·bili·ty cura·ble·ness noun
• cura·bly adverb
• un·cura·ble adjective
• un·cura·ble·ness noun
• un·cura·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of curable¹

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

Example Sentences

Anencephaly – absence of parts of the brain and skull – is neither treatable nor curable with modern medicine.

From Time

At this point, lupus is not curable, but it is manageable, and a big part of how to do that is through lifestyle habits like exercise, sleep, stress management, and diet.

From Time

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

It has been stated before that no attempt would be made in this paper to prove that epilepsy was curable by therapeutic means.

From Project Gutenberg

Cydalise probably accompanied Montes to Brazil, the only place where this horrible ailment is curable.

From Project Gutenberg

I wrote at once to the vet, telling him to telegraph "Curable" or "Hopeless," and to act accordingly.

From Project Gutenberg

She points out the necessity of a just discrimination between what is curable in the body politic and what has to be endured.

From Project Gutenberg

Dropsies in the chest either with or without anasarcous limbs, are much more curable than those of the belly.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• correctable