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curable

[kyoo r-uh-buh l]
adjective
  1. 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 uncurable

Historical Examples of uncurable

  • It is supposed that she is uncurable by all wise and rational means of persuasion.

  • Where defects are uncurable, the teacher must show how they may be palliated and sometimes even converted into graces.

    A Treatise on the Art of Dancing

    Giovanni-Andrea Gallini

  • Not that he could make her from woman to man, or redeem her from the uncurable propensities her sex had given her.

    On the Seaboard

    August Strindberg

  • How easily may many a disease be cured, if it be taken in time, which afterwards is uncurable!

British Dictionary definitions for uncurable

curable

adjective
  1. capable of being cured
Derived Formscurability or curableness, nouncurably, adverb
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Word Origin and History for uncurable

curable

adj.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
uncurable in Medicine

curable

[kyur′ə-bəl]
adj.
  1. Capable of being cured or healed.
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