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If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.
Ann Romney

Meaning of "curable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CURABLE

curable  [ˈkjʊərəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CURABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Curable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CURABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of curable in the English dictionary

The definition of curable in the dictionary is capable of being cured.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CURABLE


admirable
ˈædmərəbəl
assurable
əˈʃʊərəbəl
comparable
ˈkɒmpərəbəl
considerable
kənˈsɪdərəbəl
desirable
dɪˈzaɪərəbəl
durable
ˈdjʊərəbəl
honourable
ˈɒnərəbəl
incurable
ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl
insurable
ɪnˈʃʊərəbəl
lowerable
ˈləʊərəbəl
maturable
məˈtjʊərəbəl
memorable
ˈmɛmərəbəl
nondurable
ˌnɒnˈdjʊərəbəl
perdurable
pəˈdjʊərəbəl
procurable
prəˈkjʊərəbəl
securable
sɪˈkjʊərəbəl
uninsurable
ˌʌnɪnˈʃʊərəbəl
unprocurable
ˌʌnprəˈkjʊərəbəl
vulnerable
ˈvʌlnərəbəl
wearable
ˈwɛərəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CURABLE

curability
curableness
curably
curacies
curacy
curagh
curandera
curandero
curare
curari
curarine
curarisation
curarise
curarization
curarize
curassow
curat
curate
curate-in-charge
curate´s egg

WORDS THAT END LIKE CURABLE

able
adorable
deliverable
favourable
honorable
incomparable
innumerable
inseparable
intolerable
measurable
miserable
operable
parable
pleasurable
preferable
separable
tolerable
transferable
unbearable
undesirable
venerable

Synonyms and antonyms of curable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «curable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CURABLE

Find out the translation of curable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of curable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «curable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

能治愈的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

curable
570 millions of speakers

English

curable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इलाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شفاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

излечим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

curável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

vult
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guérissable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vult
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heilbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

治療できる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

치유 가능한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sithik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thế chửa khỏi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

vult
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काळजी घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vult
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uleczalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виліковний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curabile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιάσιμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

härdbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kureres
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of curable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CURABLE»

The term «curable» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.665 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CURABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about curable

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3 QUOTES WITH «CURABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word curable.
1
Ambrose Bierce
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
2
Rose Macaulay
Love's a disease. But curable.
3
Ann Romney
If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURABLE»

Discover the use of curable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to curable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Presumed Curable: An Illustrated Casebook of Victorian ...
Around sixty of these stories are told in this book, accompanied by beautiful, moving photographs taken over the course of a decade near the end of the Victorian era.
Colin Gale, Robert Howard, 2003
2
Eggs and Chickens: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-17
I fell in love with Emma Eckstein the moment I saw her from the fourth gallery of the Carl Theater, and this was also the night I met Sigmund Freud.” So goes the life, times, and loves of Dr. Jakob Sammelsohn, a fairly incurable romantic ...
John Vivian, 2011
3
The Curable Romantic: Advice for the Romance-Impaired
The Curable Romantic is a compilation of humorous essays on love and relationships and how we handle them.
Katharine Miller, 2011
4
Cancer Curable Under Homoeopathic Treatment
Cancer Curable Under Homoeopathic Treatment
P. S. Kamthan, 2000
5
Appendicitis Curable by Homoeopathic Medicine
This little book is offered to the profession, not as a complete monogram of the disease but as an inducement to try and cure appendicitis by medicine alone, without the help of surgical interference which is recommended by the majority of ...
P. C. Majumdar, 2005
6
Prostate Cancer Is Curable
This book addresses a multiplicity of issues with provacative stimuli and arguments seldom found in other studies.
Santiago Vilas, 2006
7
UV Curable Coatings Generic Testing & Quality Assurance Protocol
Revision No. Draft 1 7/9/98 Page 11 of 48 2.2.2 Standard Test Product and Panels Test panels will be coated and used to determine coating quality. The test panels to be used are flat, steel panels, 12" x 4". A hole in one end of the panels will ...
8
Certain Curable Fluoroelastomer Compositions, Inv. 337-TA-364
a prima facie case of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents . 1. The Claimed Composition And The Accused Compositions The claimed invention in independent claim 1 recites a "curable fluoroelastomer composition" (FF 53) . Like the ...
9
Consumption Curable: Information Respecting the Practice of ...
By this circumstance I was led to obtain the book, “ Consumption Curable," and by it, and the advice of a lady, was induced to consult F. H. Ramadge, M. D., the author, who at his first interview, said to the lady, “ He is very ill, but he has come  ...
John Moffat Howe, 1853
10
Diary of a Curable Romantic
Junius A. Davis. was stopping each car that came by, giving them a “ticket” for some infraction (the secretary had helped him make a number of these with an office mimeograph machine). I confess that I was too proud of the initiative that Mike ...
Junius A. Davis, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term curable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The 3 hot spots in the US with the highest colon cancer death rates
Regular screening can often find colorectal cancer early, when it is most likely to be curable, or prevent it altogether. Some polyps, or growths, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Grozny: “I've been sick for more than 15 years - my goal is to be cured.”
When I was first diagnosed with tuberculosis I wasn't worried because it was a curable disease. I had a relapse in 2004. In 2006, I had another ... «Médecins Sans Frontières International, Jul 15»
3
Dense Breast Screening: Dense if We Do, Dense if We Don't?
The intent, of course, is to find a problem before it finds us, when it is far more manageable, far less ominous and potentially downright curable. «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
4
Leprosy is a neglected disability in India, says rights activist
While leprosy is completely curable when diagnosed early, people with leprosy face the disease in varying degrees and their exclusion only ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
5
Ask the Expert: Hepatitis C cure
Dr. Raja Chadalavada, a liver specialist, said, “The majority of the patients think that hep C is not curable and it is curable disease with a 90 to 95 percent with ... «WKRC TV Cincinnati, Jul 15»
6
Low-Energy UV Printing is Not Necessarily Environmentally Friendly
UV-curable printing inks to date hardly fulfil criteria for good recyclability. All inks tested so far contaminate the processed paper for recycling ... «What They Think, Jul 15»
7
Lepto scare in Mumbai: 12 patients die in a week
"Leptospirosis is easily curable with a simple antibiotic like doxycycline, but seven of these victims came so late for treatment that they died ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Retired nurse from Halton was shocked when she was diagnosed …
Halton infectious disease specialist Dr. Neil Rau says “Hepatitis C is potentially curable, but the challenge is ensuring appropriate access to ... «InsideHalton.com, Jul 15»
9
A proposed tool to help doctors, patients weigh value of cancer …
The oncology society suggests that these discussions follow one of two tracks: One for people with potentially curable disease, and the other for ... «89.3 KPCC, Jul 15»
10
Getting to the root of cancer care disparities
... are all the more troubling, says Flowers, because cervical cancer is completely preventable and is highly curable when detected early. «Emory University News and Events, Jul 15»

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