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curable adjective [ ˈkjʊərəb(ə)l ]

• (of a disease or condition) able to be cured.
• "most skin cancers are completely curable"
Similar: remediable, treatable, medicable, operable, responsive to treatment,
Opposite: incurable,
• (of plastic, varnish, etc.) able to be hardened by some additive or other agent.
• "a radiation-curable coating"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare (see cure).


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