curable
adjective/ˈkjʊərəbl/
/ˈkjʊrəbl/
- (of an illness) that can be cured
- Most skin cancers are curable if treated early.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCurable is used with these nouns:- disease
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare ‘take care of’, from cura ‘care’.Want to learn more?
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