curable

/'kjuərəbl/

Thân thiện

Many diseases are curable with modern medicine.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being cured or healed: Describes a disease, condition, or problem that can be successfully treated, remedied, or eliminated.
   • Capable of being hardened or preserved: In technical contexts, describes a substance (like a resin or adhesive) that can be set or hardened, often by adding an agent or through a process.

Usage

• The primary use of "curable" is in medical and health contexts to describe illnesses.
• It is often used with the verb "to be" (e.g., is curable, are curable).
• It can describe abstract problems or situations that can be fixed.

Examples

• Medical Context:
  • Many forms of cancer are now curable if detected early.
  • The doctor assured her that the infection was completely curable with antibiotics.
• Technical/Material Context:
  • This is a curable polymer that hardens under UV light.
• Figurative/General Context:
  • Ignorance is a curable condition through education.

Advanced Usage

• "Easily curable": Emphasizes that a condition is simple to treat.
  • The disease is easily curable with a single dose of medicine.
• "Potentially curable": Indicates that a cure is possible under certain conditions.
  • Researchers are focusing on cancers that are potentially curable.

Variants and Related Words

• Cure (verb/noun): To relieve or heal a disease; a substance or treatment that cures.
  • Scientists are working to cure Alzheimer's disease.
• Incurable (adjective): The direct opposite, meaning not able to be cured.
  • He was diagnosed with an incurable illness.
• Curability (noun): The quality of being curable.
  • The curability of the disease gives patients hope.

Synonyms

• Treatable: Able to be medically treated (may not imply a complete cure).
• Remediable: Able to be corrected or remedied.
• Solvable: Able to be solved (used for problems, not typically diseases).

Antonyms

• Incurable: Not able to be cured.
• Untreatable: Not able to be treated effectively.
• Fatal: Resulting in death.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
2. curing or healing is possible
   • curable diseases