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A cure is a substance or procedure that ends a medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings; or the state of being healed, or cured.
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) -iasis: condition, formation, or presence of Latin -iasis, pathological condition or process; from Greek ἴασις (íasis), cure, repair, mend mydriasis: iatr(o)-of or pertaining to medicine or a physician (uncommon as a prefix but common as a suffix; see -iatry)
A word family is the base form of a word plus its inflected forms and derived forms made with suffixes and prefixes [1] plus its cognates, i.e. all words that have a common etymological origin, some of which even native speakers don't recognize as being related (e.g. "wrought (iron)" and "work(ed)"). [2]
Wiktionary (UK: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ən ər i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: / ˈ w ɪ k ʃ ə n ɛr i / ⓘ, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages.
A sinecure (/ ˈ s ɪ n ɪ k j ʊər / or / ˈ s aɪ n ɪ k j ʊər /; from the Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is a position with a salary or otherwise generating income that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service.
Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. The main article for this category is Etymology . Subcategories
The Cure, a 1946 novella by Lewis Padgett; The Cure, a 1994 novel by Carlo Gébler; The Cure, a 1999 novel by Sonia Levitin; The Cure, a 2003 novel by Jack D. Hunter; Cure, a 2010 novel by Robin Cook; The Cure, a 2013 novel by Douglas E. Richards; The Cure, a 2015 novel by JG Faherty; The Cure, a 2018 novella by Robert Reed; The Cure, a 2020 ...
Clark Stanley's Snake Oil. Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam.Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. [1]