curable

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    being such that curing or healing is possible
    able to be hardened by some additive or other agent

Word Origin

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

Synonym

Antonym

adj.

incurable

Example

1. Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage .
2. Love : a temporary insanity , curable by marriage .
3. Curable hypertension is very uncommon .
4. It is curable with judicious use of antibiotics .
5. Early-stage follicular lymphoma is potentially curable .

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