curableadj.
/ˈkjʊərəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being cured; figurative amendable, remediable.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] > able to be healed or cured
curable1398
recurablec1475
healable1570
medicable1616
sanable1623
the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be
remediable?a1425
corrigible1483
amendablea1500
recoverable1585
curable1592
sanable1623
rectifiable1629
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lviii. 272 In xl dayes it is curable.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 185 Ulcera..summe ben curable & summe ben incurable.
c1460 Play Sacram. 31 He can telle yf yow be curable.
1592 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 159 Enemies of God and his truth, are also of two sorts, either Curable or Incurable.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 107. ⁋2 Evils are much more curable in their Beginnings.
1822 W. Hazlitt Spirit of Partizanship in Table-talk Of that they are curable like any occasional disorder.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]
medicinala1384
wholesomea1387
healinga1398
medicinablea1398
restorativea1398
sanative14..
curatory?a1425
remediable1437
mildlya1475
curable1483
recurablea1500
curative1525
eradicative1543
good1580
physical1580
medicable1590
sanable1598
balsamic1605
therapeutical1606
medicinary1607
medicative1644
medical1646
therapeutic1646
salutary1649
salvative1653
boethetic1656
medicamentary1656
recuperatory1656
sanitating1656
medicamental1657
medicamentous1659
medicating1705
balmy1747
salving1751
sanatorya1832
salubrious1855
medicatory1864
recuperative1872
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > relating to powers or effects of drugs > able to cure
curable1584
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 315/3 My brother Fyre be thow to me in this houre debonayre and curable.
1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates Ded. sig. A3v A Physition..may applie a curable Medicine for a hidden Discease.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey iii. 174 The water..retaining a curable vertue against all diseases.
Derivatives
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the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > state of being healable or curable
curablenessa1691
sanableness1727
curability1826
remediability1828
sanability1828
a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) II. 110 (R.) The arguments..for the curableness of all diseases, are not very cogent.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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