Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being curable; the fact of admitting of cure.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state of being curable; curableness.

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  • noun The state of being curable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun capability of being cured or healed

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Examples

  • To me, this means that questions about Marcus Bachmann's alleged belief in the "curability" of homosexuality, which is a rather fringe sentiment, is more politically relevant than Emmett Ford's conviction on corruption charges.

    MN-06: Does GOPer Bachmann's Husband "Ungay" Homosexuals? 2009

  • Lots of people on the internet have mocked the stance of the church to which she now apparently does not belong on the "curability" of homosexuality.

    Palin: Media Hates Me Because I'm An Average American 2009

  • And as Dr. Holden said, we assume from everything he said that like many other patients, he's been picked up within this window of curability.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's the Best Way to Treat Prostate Cancer? - April 27, 2000 2000

  • There is a nice window of curability, and then ultimately, if you miss that window of curability, that's when you're in trouble.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What's the Best Way to Treat Prostate Cancer? - April 27, 2000 2000

  • William M. Awl and Woodward—both of whom played a prominent role in popularizing the concept of curability—claimed a recovery rate in recent cases defined as ill for less than a year of 80 percent or higher.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • They never abandoned their faith in the curability of insanity.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • In like vein, psychiatrists have vacillated between emphasizing curability and chronicity, between extreme optimism and a more fatalistic pessimism, and between a commitment to deal with the severely mentally ill and a search to find other kinds of patients.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • At the annual meetings of the AMSAII in 1857, one superintendent described foreigners as “more noisy, destructive, and trouble-some,” while another commented on the low curability rates of the Irish in particular.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • Mental hygiene incorporated a variety of beliefs; it implied a pessimistic attitude insofar as curability was concerned while simultaneously affirming an optimistic faith in the possibility of prevention.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • His affirmations about the curability of insanity received national attention and played an important role in hastening the founding of hospitals in other states.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

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