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curable (adj.)

"capable of being healed or cured," late 14c., a native formation from cure (v.) + -able, or else from Old French curable (13c.) and directly from Late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare. Related: Curably; curability; curableness.

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Definitions of curable from WordNet

curable (adj.)
able to be cured or healed;
curable diseases
curable (adj.)
capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent;
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