INDEX:
1. to cure someone
2. something that cures someone
3. when a disease cannot be cured
RELATED WORDS
to give someone medical treatment : ↑ MEDICAL TREATMENT
to get better after an illness : ↑ RECOVER
see also
↑ DRUG
↑ HOSPITAL
↑ ILLNESS/DISEASE
↑ ILL/SICK
↑ DOCTOR
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1. to cure someone
▷ cure /kjʊəʳ/ [transitive verb]
to make someone who has an illness completely well again or to stop a disease making someone ill :
▪ It is possible that in the near future we will be able to cure AIDS.
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cure somebody
▪ Many cancer victims can be cured if the disease is detected early enough.
cure somebody of something
▪ Eventually we found a doctor who was able to cure her of her depression.
curable [adjective]
able to be cured: :
▪ Breast cancer is curable when caught in the early stages.
▷ make somebody (feel) better /ˌmeɪk somebody fiːl ˈbetəʳ/ [verb phrase]
to make someone who is ill well again, especially when they have an illness that is not very serious :
▪ Take this -- it’ll make you feel a lot better.
▪ I’ve had all kinds of medicines from the chemist, but nothing seems to make me any better.
make a headache/cold/pain etc better
▪ She refuses to take anything to make her headache better.
▷ heal /hiːl/ [transitive verb]
to cure someone of a physical or mental illness, especially using methods that do not involve the usual drugs or forms of medical treatment :
▪ This cream is good for healing minor cuts and bruises.
▪ Madame Bernice claimed to be able to heal people simply by laying her hands on their bodies.
2. something that cures someone
▷ cure /kjʊəʳ/ [countable noun]
▪ I can give you some tablets that will ease the symptoms, but they’re not a cure.
cure for
▪ What’s the best cure for a hangover?
▪ As yet there’s no known cure for the disease.
▷ remedy /ˈremɪdi, ˈremədi/ [countable noun]
a way to treat a health problem, especially a small problem such as a cold, using plants or other natural methods :
herbal remedies
▪ I tried some herbal remedies such as drinking camomile tea, but none of them worked.
remedy for
▪ Salt water is a good home remedy for a sore throat.
▷ antidote /ˈæntɪdəʊt/ [countable noun]
a medicine that will stop the effects of a poison or dangerous drug :
▪ Unless an antidote is given immediately the patient could die.
antidote to
▪ There is no known antidote to a bite from this snake.
3. when a disease cannot be cured
▷ incurable /ɪnˈkjʊ ə rəb ə l/ [adjective]
▪ My doctor told me that the cancer was incurable.
▪ Patients with incurable illnesses are brought to the hospice, where they are given the best possible care.
▷ chronic /ˈkrɒnɪkǁˈkrɑː-/ [adjective usually before noun]
a chronic illness continues for a very long time or is permanent :
▪ He suffers from chronic asthma.
▷ terminal /ˈtɜːʳmɪn ə l, ˈtɜːʳmən ə l/ [adjective]
a terminal illness is one that cannot be cured, and the person who has it will die from it :
▪ Two years ago, his mother developed terminal cancer.
▪ St Helen’s Hospice cares for people with terminal illnesses.
the terminal stages
the last stages of a disease that is killing them
▪ Many of the patients are in the terminal stages of the disease.
terminally [adverb]
▪ Her father is terminally ill.