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sun cure

sun cure noun: a medical cure or programme of recovery involving exposure to sunlight.

Noun

sun cure (plural sun cures)

  1. A medical cure or programme of recovery involving exposure to sunlight.
    • ‘You would not be in bed. You would first take a sun cure. Then you could have light exercise. Then when it was encysted we would operate.’1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 100

Forms of sun cure

pluralsun cures

Questions about sun cure

What does sun cure mean?
Sun cure means a medical cure or programme of recovery involving exposure to sunlight.
What part of speech is sun cure?
Sun cure is a noun.
What is the plural of sun cure?
The plural of sun cure is sun cures.

Words near sun cure in the dictionary

  1. Sun City West
  2. sun cream
  3. sun creams
  4. sun cross
  5. sun crosses
  6. sun cure
  7. sun cures
  8. sun dance
  9. sun dances
  10. sun deck
  11. sun decks

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