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(adj)
Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
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(n)
A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
(v)
(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject
(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
Capable of being cured.
(transitive) To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
(informal) Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
(transitive) To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
A return to normal health.
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
(usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
Direction.
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
The action of solidifying.
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
(computing) The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
(transitive, ergative) To make full
(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
(of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
The process by which something hardens.
(chiefly informal) Pleasant, satisfactory.
Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
(British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
A device that controls or limits something.
(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
Free from error; true; accurate.
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
Free from or lacking moisture.
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
(footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.
Subject to treatment or an action.
Medical care for an illness or injury.
Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
Treatment.
An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
A solution to all problems.
(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.
A light, brown-like colour.
(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
(painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
A surname.
(transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.
Everything in general; all that matters.
(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
The action or process of rectifying.
The removal of stress or discomfort.
(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
(by extension) The alleged cure for all ailments; cure-all, panacea.
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
(archaic) incurable
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Alternative spelling of cure-all. [(colloquial) Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.]
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
Not cured.
(transitive, medicine) To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.
One who suffers; one who is afflicted.
Able to be treated; not incurable.
The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
One who cannot be cured.
The act of making better.