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Most cases are curable with proper treatment.
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There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
Subungual melanoma is curable when it’s detected in an early stage.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Cancers on the vocal cords are curable, but those that grow on or below the cords are much harder to treat.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The disease is curable with antibiotics.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
Subungual melanoma is curable when it’s detected in an early stage.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Cancers on the vocal cords are curable, but those that grow on or below the cords are much harder to treat.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The disease is curable with antibiotics.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for curable
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“Curable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curable. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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curable
adjective
cur·able
ˈkyu̇r-ə-bəl 
: capable of being cured
Medical Definition
curable
adjective
cur·able
ˈkyu̇r-ə-bəl
: capable of being cured
curability
noun
plural curabilities
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