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 Translation for 'cure all' from English to French
NOUN   a cure-all | cure-alls
bot.T
benoîte {f} des ruisseaux [Geum rivale]
cure all
Partial Matches
méd.pharm.
remède {m} curatif
cure
remède {m}cure
2
méd.
cure {f}
health cure
méd.
guérison {f}
cure [recovery]
méd.
cure {f} de jouvence
rejuvenation cure
se guérirto cure oneself
pharm.
remède {m} naturel
natural cure
méd.
cure {f} de repos
rest cure
poudre {f} de perlimpinpin [fam.]magical cure
méd.
remède {m} de cheval
drastic cure
méd.pharm.
remède {m} miracle
miracle cure
soigner qc. jusqu'à complète guérisonto cure sth. (completely)
guérir qn./qc.to cure sb./sth.
6
remédier à qc. [chômage, manque]to cure sth. [remedy]
méd.
taux {m} de guérison
rate of cure
fumer qc.to cure sth. [treat with smoke]
porter remède à qc.to find a cure for sth.
méd.
remède {m} de cheval
kill-or-cure remedy [coll.]
méd.
remédier à une maladie
to find a cure for an illness
Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir. [loc.]Prevention is better than cure. [idiom]
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Usage Examples English
  • He compared Tull to a quack who claims one medicine can cure all manners of diseases.
  • The old folks termed the mixture of the herbs from the hill as “Haro,” a medicinal potent drug supposed to cure all kinds of afflictions and diseases.
  • Entrepreneurship is usually perceived as the cure-all solution for deprivation depletion.
  • Sellers of “Miracle Mineral Solution”, a mixture of sodium chlorite and citric acid also known as "MMS" that is promoted as a cure-all have been convicted, fined, or otherwise disciplined in multiple jurisdictions around the world.
  • James Morison (1770 – 3 May 1840) was a British quack-physician who sold Hygeian Vegetable Universal Medicine, a would-be cure-all.

  • Said to be a cure-all, and possessing amazing powers of penetration (passing through metal as if it were not there), it was sold among early settlers like snake oil in the Old West of North America.
  • Treatment by surgical intervention can obviously have the most immediate impact, again however, it is not a cure-all.
  • With the rise of the Web Gerovital has enjoyed a new lease of promotional life as it is promoted by many sites with claims of its "cure-all" abilities.
  • , named after the Greek goddess of universal remedy Panacea, is any supposed remedy that is claimed (for example) to cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely.
  • Here one can purchase ramen, omiyage, beer and the local cure-all, toad oil (がま油).

  • Back surgery can relieve pressure on the spine, but it is not a cure-all for spinal stenosis.
  • It is based on fundamental misconceptions about the physiology of the human skull and is promoted as a cure-all for a variety of health conditions.
  • The idea that a building would be the panacea to cure all of society's ills, they argued, was simply not sustainable.
  • For centuries elixir primarily meant an ingredient used in alchemy, either referring to a liquid which purportedly converts lead to gold, or a substance or liquid which is believed to cure all ills and give eternal life.
  • Use of opium as a cure-all was reflected in the formulation of mithridatium described in the 1728 "Chambers Cyclopedia", which included true opium in the mixture.

  • It was once marketed as a cure-all; at one time, its ads even suggested taking it for "the blahs".
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