curable

adjective
🔊/ˈkjʊərəbl/
🔊/ˈkjʊrəbl/
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  1. (of an illness疾病) that can be cured可医治的;可治愈的
    • Most skin cancers are curable if treated early.如果及早治疗,多数的皮肤癌是可治好的。🔊🔊
    opposite incurableTopics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCurable is used with these nouns:
    • disease
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare ‘take care of’, from cura ‘care’.