Preposition after "cured": complete the medical collocation correctly Context: Recovery from an illness is being described. Fill the blank: "The boy was cured ______ typhoid." Choose the correct option.

Difficulty: Easy

from
off
of
with

Correct Answer: of

Explanation:

Given data

Verb: cured; illness: typhoid.

Concept/Approach
The standard construction is cure someone of a disease: “cured of typhoid.” From is sometimes heard but is nonstandard in careful usage; off and with are incorrect here.

Option analysis
of — correct idiom. ✅from — informal/wrong for this verb phrase.off — not used with diseases.with — would mean “treated with,” not “cured of.”

Final Answer
of

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