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curable

/ˈkjʊərəbl/adjective

उच्चारण क्युअरबल

साध्य, इलाज योग्य

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    (of an illness) that can be cured

    साध्य, इलाज योग्य

    • Tuberculosis is curable if treated in time.
    • Most forms of anaemia are curable if the patient follows the doctor's advice.
    • Doctors say the infection is curable with simple medicine.
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    • Many once-feared diseases are now curable.
    • Early detection makes the illness curable in most cases.

    Synonyms treatable remediable operable correctable

    Opposite incurable untreatable terminal fatal

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

curable (adjective)

Curable describes an illness that can be cured; it is usually used with a disease or condition as subject.

'Curable' उस रोग का वर्णन करता है जो ठीक हो सकता है; प्रायः रोग या स्थिति इसका subject होती है।

  • Tuberculosis is a curable disease.
  • The infection is curable with antibiotics.

curable + with + treatment

Use with for the treatment that makes it curable.

जिस उपचार से रोग ठीक हो सके, उसके लिए 'with' आता है।

  • The disease is curable with early treatment.

curable vs incurable

Incurable is the opposite; it describes illnesses that cannot be cured and uses the prefix in-.

'Incurable' विपरीतार्थक है; यह उन रोगों का वर्णन करता है जो ठीक नहीं हो सकते और इसमें उपसर्ग 'in-' लगता है।

  • The doctor said the disease is curable, not incurable.

curable (for problems)

In a general sense, curable can describe a problem or fault that can be put right.

सामान्य अर्थ में 'curable' किसी समस्या या दोष का वर्णन कर सकता है जिसे ठीक किया जा सके।

  • Poor handwriting is a curable habit.

cure (verb) + sb / sth + of + illness

The related verb cure takes the person or illness and of plus the illness.

संबंधित verb 'cure' के साथ व्यक्ति या रोग आता है और रोग के लिए 'of' आता है।

  • The doctor cured her of malaria.
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adverb + curable

easilyfullycompletelyoftenreadily

  • Most skin infections are easily curable.

curable + noun

diseaseillnessconditioncancerform

  • Early-stage cancer is curable in many cases.

be + curable

beremainproveseembecome

  • The fever proved curable after a week of rest.

curable + by / with

with medicineby surgeryby restthrough treatment

  • The injury is curable by simple rest.
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  • Doctors say that malaria is curable if it is treated early.

डॉक्टर कहते हैं कि मलेरिया का समय पर इलाज हो तो वह ठीक हो सकता है।

  • Fear stops many patients from seeking treatment for curable diseases.

डर के कारण कई रोगी ठीक होने योग्य रोगों का इलाज कराने से रुक जाते हैं।

  • Radhika's grandfather's eye problem was curable with surgery.

राधिका के दादाजी की आँख की समस्या ऑपरेशन से ठीक हो सकती थी।

  • Leprosy is now a fully curable disease.

कुष्ठ रोग अब पूरी तरह ठीक हो सकने वाला रोग है।

  • Laziness is a curable fault if you want to change.

यदि आप बदलना चाहें तो आलस्य एक सुधारा जा सकने वाला दोष है।

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✗ This disease is curable by the medicines.

✓ This disease is curable with medicine.

Treatment takes with, and general medicine is uncountable here, so no the.

उपचार के लिए 'with' आता है, और यहाँ 'medicine' uncountable है, इसलिए 'the' नहीं लगता।

✗ He is suffering with a curable disease.

✓ He is suffering from a curable disease.

Suffer takes from before the illness.

बीमारी से पहले 'suffer' के साथ 'from' आता है।

✗ The patient is curable from cancer.

✓ The patient can be cured of cancer.

Curable describes the illness, not the person, and the person is cured of the illness.

'Curable' रोग का वर्णन करता है, रोगी का नहीं; रोगी रोग से 'cured of' होता है।

◇Word family
cure verb, noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

cur·able

The e of cure dropped before -able (not 'cureable').

-able से पहले cure का e हटकर ('cureable' गलत है)।

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One-word substitution

A disease that cannot be cured is incurable; one that leads to death terminal; a medicine that cures all diseases a panacea.

जिस रोग का इलाज न हो incurable; मृत्यु की ओर ले जाने वाला terminal; सब रोगों का इलाज करने वाली दवा panacea।

General knowledge

India aims to eliminate TB through the National TB Elimination Programme.

भारत National TB Elimination Programme से तपेदिक उन्मूलन का लक्ष्य रखता है।