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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkjʊərəb^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkjʊrəbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kyŏŏr′ə bəl)

cur•able /ˈkyʊrəbəl/USA pronunciation adj.

able to be cured:a curable disease.

See -cura-.

cur•a•ble (kyŏŏr′ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.

capable of being cured.

Latin cūrābilis, equivalent. to cūrā(re) to care for (derivative of cūra care) + -bilis -ble
Middle French)
Middle English (1350–1400

cur′a•bil′i•ty, cur′a•ble•ness, n.
cur′a•bly, adv.

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curable /ˈkjʊərəb^əl/ adj

capable of being cured

ˌcuraˈbility, ˈcurableness n

'curable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

incurable - basal cell carcinoma - king's evil - medicable - remediable - treatable

Synonyms: treatable, improvable, remediable, reparable, corrigible, more...

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