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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kyoo r-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyʊər ə bəl



Definition of curable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from cure (v.) + -able; or from Old French curable (13c.) and directly from Late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare.
  • adj able to be improved, fixed
Example sentences :
  • For there are two classes of souls who undergo punishment—the curable and the incurable.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • My system cures all that is curable when intelligently applied.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Jones' Picnic » by S. E. Chapman
  • "You seem to think that some diseases are curable by faith and some not, Dr. Beswick," she said.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • But through its application ninety-five per cent of cancers are now curable.
  • Extract from : « A Prize for Edie » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • Vitiligo and lichens are deformities of the skin, but they are curable.
  • Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) » by Charles Creighton
  • His malady may be curable; have you consulted a physician about it?
  • Extract from : « Brother Against Brother » by John Roy Musick
  • But even if the case is as we fear, I added earnestly, it may be curable.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor's Red Lamp » by Various
  • An incident showed me that his malaise was curable by one method only.
  • Extract from : « William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) » by Elizabeth A. Sharp
  • It is the lower eye that is usually affected, and is curable by operation only.
  • Extract from : « Sporting Dogs » by Frank Townend Barton
  • It is often asked what fevers are curable by the Hydropathic processes.
  • Extract from : « Every Man his own Doctor » by R. T. Claridge

Synonyms for curable

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