Capable of being healed, fixed, or treated so that a disease, problem, or bad condition goes away.
From Latin 'curare' (to care for, heal), giving us English 'cure.' The '-able' suffix adds the sense of 'capable of being.' The root meaning 'care' emphasizes healing through attention and treatment.
The word 'cure' originally meant any kind of care or attention—medieval priests were 'cures of souls,' showing that healing and spiritual care were once seen as the same act!
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