no known cure

collocation in English

meaningsofno,knownandcure

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no
noun[C]
uk
/nəʊ/us
/noʊ/
a negative answer ...
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known
adjective
uk
/nəʊn/us
/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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cure
noun[C]
uk
/kjʊər/us
/kjʊr/
something that makes someone who is sick ...
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(Definition ofno,knownandcurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is noknowncure.
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With noknowncureat present, the potential to prevent complications was a priority for all groups.
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Currently there is no antenatal test for cerebral palsy, no proven preventable measures in late pregnancy, and noknowncure.
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I understand that, currently, our suppliers have noknowncure.
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One is scrapie, for which there is noknowncure.
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Although noknowncureexists, therapeutic innovations during the past decade have significantly improved the long-term outlook for these children.
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It is a disease for which there is noknowncure.
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Not long ago, if you had that complaint you died, because there was noknowncure.
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It is a condition with no known cause and, therefore, noknowncure.
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There is a risk of contracting a fatal disease to which there is noknowncure.
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There is noknowncurefor it, and its causes are very obscure.
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Although research is proceeding on this, in fact as yet there is noknowncure.
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What makes this disease so serious is that at present there is noknowncure.
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Muscular dystrophy is a perfectly awful complaint affecting children, for which noknowncureexists.
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It is a progressive condition, for which there is noknowncure.
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But in spite of that work there is still noknowncure.
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There is noknowncureor treatment.
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I repeat that we are dealing here with a disease for which there is noknowncure.
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It is recurrent and there is also noknowncure.
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Presently, there is noknowncurefor either disease.
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Their treatments generally failed as there was noknowncure.
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There is noknowncureor vaccine against the coxsackie.
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It is a lifelong disease with noknowncure.
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It still has no known cause, still noknowncureand still affects up to one in every ten women and rising.
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For a disease for which there is noknowncure, prevention and education—the theme of the motion before us—must be fundamental.
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