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Curing (medicine)
Curing (/ˈkjʊərɪŋ/), in the context of medicine, refers to the process of alleviating, reducing, or completely eliminating the symptoms and causes of a disease or disorder in a patient, effectively restoring them to health.
Etymology
The term 'curing' originates from the Latin word 'curare', which means 'to take care of'. It was later adopted into Middle English as 'curen'.
Related Terms
- Treatment: The management and care of a patient to combat a disease or disorder.
- Remission: A decrease in or disappearance of signs and symptoms of a disease.
- Recovery: The process of returning to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
- Healing: The process of the restoration of health from an unbalanced, diseased, damaged or unvitalized organism.
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References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Curing
- Wikipedia's article - Curing
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