curable
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Thyroid cancer has a five-year survival rate of over 98% and most forms of it are treatable and permanently curable, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Active TB disease is treatable and curable with appropriate antibiotics if it is identified promptly; some cases require hospitalization.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
This is not the first research to suggest dementia might someday be curable.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Cancers that were considered death sentences not long ago—e.g., advanced melanoma, non-small-cell lung and blood cancers—are now curable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
I knew osteosarcoma was highly curable, but still.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing curable
Power Suffix: -able
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