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A cure is a substance or procedure that resolves a medical condition. This may include a medication , a surgical operation , a lifestyle change, or even a philosophical shift that alleviates a person's ; or achieves a state of healing.
Sinecure, properly a term of ecclesiastical law for a benefice without the cure of souls, arose in the English Church when the rector had no cure of souls nor resided in the parish, the work of the incumbent being performed by a vicar. [citation needed] [1] Such sinecure rectories were expressly granted by the patron.
A curate (/ ˈ k j ʊər ɪ t /) is a person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish. In this sense, curate means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest. The duties or office of a curate are called a curacy.
In critical theory, pharmakon is a concept introduced by Jacques Derrida.It is derived from the Greek source term φάρμακον (phármakon), a word that can mean either remedy, poison, or scapegoat.
Sea salt being added to raw ham to make prosciutto. Curing is any of various food preservation and flavoring processes of foods such as meat, fish and vegetables, by the addition of salt, with the aim of drawing moisture out of the food by the process of osmosis.
ultra: from Latin, meaning beyond; micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, meaning small looking, referring to the fineness of particulates; silico-: from Latin, silicon; volcano: from Latin, referring to volcano; coni: from ancient Greek (κόνις, kónis) which means dust-osis: from ancient Greek, suffix to indicate a medical condition
The word potion has its origins in the Latin word potus, an irregular past participle of potare, meaning "to drink". This evolved to the word potionem (nominative potio) meaning either "a potion, a drinking" or a "poisonous draught, magic potion". [2] In Ancient Greek, the word for both drugs and potions was "pharmaka" or "pharmakon".
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 ...