Definition of "curable" [cur•a•ble]

• Being such that curing or healing is possible: curable diseases. (adjective)

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• "When people talk about it being treatable, they are distinguishing it from being curable, which is something we can't do."
• "I did that and as a consequence of that, tomorrow morning I'm going to have surgery from a superb pioneering surgeon, Dr. Patrick Walsh, who has broken through with respect to what they call nerve sparing surgery and surgery which reduces bleeding and maximizes the long-term curable possibilities."
• "How many is AIDS killing in comparison with the tens of millions of children and adults that die each year from malnutrition and disease, from what the WHO calls curable diseases?"