curable
Use Curable in a sentence
ə adjective
capable of being cured.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin cūrābilis, equivalent to cūrā(re) to care for (derivative of cūra care) + -bilis -ble
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin cūrābilis, equivalent to cūrā(re) to care for (derivative of cūra care) + -bilis -ble
Related forms
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·b·ly, adverb
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curable (ˈkjʊərəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| capable of being cured | |
| cura'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'curableness | |
| —n | |
| 'curably | |
| —adv | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
curable cur·a·ble (ky&oobreve;r'ə-bəl)
adj.
Capable of being cured or healed.
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Example sentences
Aggressive lymphomas tend to be more curable than indolent lymphomas.
There is a wide range of vocal disorders, and many of them are treatable and even curable.
Cancer that has spread to other organs is usually not curable.
As superintendents of newly opened mental asylums, they espoused the then modern idea that mental illness was curable.
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