cure
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A cure is what marks or brings about the end of illness or undesirable condition: We need a cure for the common cold.
If you take a cure, you take the medicine or treatment intended to end your suffering.
To cure an illness or condition is to provide treatment intended to end it: The doctor cured Sheila’s chronic back pain.
But you can also cure some foods, such as meat, with salt or chemicals in order to preserve them for later use.
Regaining what was lost
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- restorationReturning something to condition
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
rehabilitation · regeneration · mending · wellness · wholeness · renewal · rejuvenation · revitalization
Care for an ailment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- antibioticBacteria-killing medication
vaccine · chemotherapy · immunotherapy · remedy · antidote · regimen · diagnosis · prognosis
Disease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
- preventiveMeant to stop trouble
protection · safeguard · antidote · immunity · booster · hygiene · screening · precaution
Curative treatment or fix
- elixirMythical healing draught
- tonicInvigorating medicinal drink
- potionEnchanted liquid mixture
- balmHealing topical preparation
nostrum · panacea · tincture · salve · poultice · infusion · decoction · herb
Sodium chloride compound
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- pickleVinegar-preserved vegetable
- dryFree from moisture
jerky · bacon · ham · prosciutto · gravlax · lox · charcuterie · salumi
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
atonement · miracle · blessing · exorcism · pilgrimage · shrine · Lourdes · prayer
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- restorationReturning something to condition
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
recuperation · rehabilitation · regeneration · mending · wellness · wholeness · renewal · rejuvenation · revitalization · therapy
treatment
Care for an ailment
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
antibiotic · vaccine · chemotherapy · immunotherapy · remedy · antidote · regimen · diagnosis · prognosis · drug
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- prophylaxisPreventive medical treatment
preventive · protection · safeguard · antidote · immunity · booster · hygiene · screening · precaution · intervention
remedy
Curative treatment or fix
balm · nostrum · panacea · tincture · salve · poultice · infusion · decoction · herb · root
salt
Sodium chloride compound
dry · jerky · bacon · ham · prosciutto · gravlax · lox · charcuterie · salumi · ferment
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
absolution · atonement · miracle · blessing · exorcism · pilgrimage · shrine · Lourdes · prayer · intercession
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
syndrome · epidemic · pathogen · outbreak · symptom · affliction · malady · contagion · ailment · virus
- healthhealth, wellness, vitality, fitness, well-being
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- counteractionscountermeasure, countermove, counterattack, counterblow, counterstrike
- medical fictionmedical drama, medical mystery, diagnosis, symptoms, terminal illness
- remediesremedy, medicine, treatment, medications, painkillers
- treatmentstreatment, treatments, medication, medicine, therapies
- cured meatSalt-preserved animal protein
- cured fishSalt-preserved aquatic protein
- miracle curesFraudulent health claims
- hangover cureTreatment for alcohol aftereffects
- museum curatorCaretaker of institutional collections
- The CureBritish post-punk band
secure, cured, curing, cures, curable, incurable, curate, manicure, curator