cure (kur). 1

A course of medical or surgical treatment. 2. A remedy or a course of treatment capable of producing recovery. 3. Restoration to health, or the return to a normal state after disease. gold c. A secret method of treating addiction to alcohol by means of a preparation said to contain gold, grape c. _ A system of treatment consisting of eating grapes before breakfast for a number of weeks in amount sufficient to produce a laxative effect. Keeley c. See gold c. Kneipp's water c. See under Kneipp. movement c. See medical gymnastics. radical c. The c. of a disease by the removal of the affected part or by a surgical operation on the same, as the r. c. of hernia. Schott c. See under Schott. Swedish movement c. The treatment of diseases by Swedish gymnastics, water cure. See hydrotherapy. [Lat., cur a, care.]