curable
[ kyoo r-uh-buh l ]
/ ˈkyʊər ə bəl /
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adjective
capable of being cured.
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Origin of curable
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin cūrābilis, equivalent to cūrā(re) to care for (derivative of cūra care) + -bilis -ble
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Examples from the Web for uncurable
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 StrindbergHow easily may many a disease be cured, if it be taken in time, which afterwards is uncurable!
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard BaxterWhere 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 GalliniIt is supposed that she is uncurable by all wise and rational means of persuasion.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)|Richard Baxter
curable
/ (ˈkjʊərəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being cured
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curable
late 14c., from cure (v.) + -able; or from Old French curable (13c.) and directly from Late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare.
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curable
[ kyur′ə-bəl ]
adj.
Capable of being cured or healed.
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