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Translation

to treat (medically), to cure

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Word origin

From Latin curare ('to care for, to look after'), from cura ('care'). Caring and curing were one word in Latin, and English still keeps both in curator and cure.

Origin
Latin
Root
curare
English cognates
cure, curator, manicure

Examples

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The doctor treated him with new medicines.

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Time heals many pains.

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She wants to learn to treat people.

You have already met the doctor: is simply this verb plus --, the professional suffix. Note that is the treating, not necessarily the succeeding; if you want to say the patient actually got better, i makes that explicit.

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This word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 2: kuraci, sekso, abunda and 7 more words.