cured

Thân thiện

The patient appears cured and is ready to leave the hospital.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Preserved or processed for longevity or improvement: Refers to something, especially food or materials, that has undergone a specific treatment to prevent spoilage, enhance qualities, or prepare it for use.
   • Restored to health: Describes a person or animal that has recovered from an illness or injury.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The cured ham hung in the cellar for months. (The ham was preserved, typically by salting or smoking, for long-term storage.)
  • The patient was declared cured after the final tests. (The patient was confirmed to be free from the illness.)
  • This is cured rubber, making it more durable for tires. (The rubber has been treated chemically to improve its properties.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cured of": Often used to indicate from what specific ailment one has recovered.
  • He was completely cured of his infection. (He fully recovered from his infection.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cure (verb): To preserve food; to restore to health.
  • They cure the fish with salt.
  • The new drug aims to cure the disease.
• Curable (adjective): Capable of being cured.
  • Many infections are curable with antibiotics.
• Curative (adjective): Having the power to cure.
  • The plant is believed to have curative properties.

Synonyms

• Preserved: Treated to prevent decay (for food).
• Healed: Restored to sound health (for a person or wound).
• Treated: Subjected to a process (for materials).

Related Phrases

• "Cured in brine": Preserved by soaking in a saltwater solution.
  • The olives were cured in brine for several weeks.
• "Air-cured": Dried by exposure to air.
  • The tobacco is air-cured to develop its flavor.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
2. (used especially of meat) cured in brine
3. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
4. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
5. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
6. freed from illness or injury
   • the patient appears cured
   • the incision is healed
   • appears to be entirely recovered
   • when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium- Normon Cameron

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aged
• corned
• vulcanized
• vulcanised
• healed
• recovered