curable
Able to heal
Curable describes conditions or problems that can be remedied or healed.
A curable disease responds to treatment: Many cancers are now curable if caught early.
The word implies hope—what is curable need not be permanent.
The opposite is incurable.
Capable of being cured
- remediableCapable of correction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
chemotherapy · antiviral · antifungal · antibacterial · immunotherapy · prescription · pharmacology · diagnosis
Temporary disease absence
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
restoration · improvement · reversible · correctable · mendable · salvageable · restorable · repairable
Promoting return to health
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- renewalMaking current again
- mendingRestoring damaged items
holistic · nurturing · soothing · alleviation · amelioration · sanative · palliative · salubrious
treatable
Capable of being cured
- remediableCapable of correction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
vaccine · chemotherapy · antiviral · antifungal · antibacterial · immunotherapy · prescription · pharmacology · diagnosis · prognosis
remission
Temporary disease absence
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
survival · restoration · improvement · reversible · correctable · mendable · salvageable · restorable · repairable · rectifiable
restorative
Promoting return to health
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- renewalMaking current again
mending · holistic · nurturing · soothing · alleviation · amelioration · sanative · palliative · salubrious · revitalization
- Can Be Fixedfixable, repairable, mendable, correctable, reparable
- medical resultspositive, negative, normal, abnormal, inconclusive
- prognosispoor prognosis, favorable, unfavorable, guarded, grim
- STIschlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, herpes, syphilis
curableincurable
Cannot be healed
terminal · untreatable · inoperable · fatal · chronic
curableincorrigible
Impossible to reform
irredeemable · unreformable · incurable · unfixable · irreparable