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1cure Listen to audio/ˈkjɚ/ noun
plural cures
[count] 1 : something (such as a drug or medical treatment) that stops a disease and makes someone healthy again
The disease has no cure. [=the disease cannot be cured; the disease is incurable]often + for There is no cure for the common cold. The drug was sold as a cure for a variety of ailments.
2 : something that ends a problem or improves a bad situation : solution
This is a problem that has no easy cure.often + for The highway construction program was presented as a cure for unemployment. Exercise is a good cure for stress.
3 : the act of making someone healthy again after an illness
The doctors were unable to effect a cure because the disease had spread too far.

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