1.
complete recovery, full cure, complete healing
A disease or injury being fully cured with no remaining symptoms. Used in medical contexts to indicate that treatment has been completely successful.
病気が完治した。
The illness was completely cured.
完治するまでに半年かかった。
It took half a year to fully recover.
この病気は早期発見すれば完治できる可能性が高い。
If this disease is detected early, there is a high possibility of a complete cure.
USAGE:
A medical term indicating that a condition has been fully resolved. Used as a suru verb: 完治する (to be completely cured). Often contrasted with situations where symptoms are managed but not eliminated.
SIMILAR WORDS:
全快 also means complete recovery but tends to emphasize the patient's return to full health, while 完治 emphasizes the disease or injury itself being fully cured.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 完治する: to be completely cured
- 完治が難しい: difficult to cure completely
- 完治を目指す: to aim for a complete cure
- 完治までの期間: period until full recovery