Word: repairable
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...able to diagnose its ills and swallow cures that are certain to be bitter? Probably. The country is good at rising to occasions, once it recognizes them. The end of the cold war has released immense resources and millions of talented people who can now turn to the repair of America's damage. Because the U.S. is, among other things, an evenhanded superpower and a vast market, most of the world has a stake in its continued success. But if the U.S. is to be counted among the winners in the next century, it will have to make gravely important...
Perot isn't latter-day Paul Revere, here to warn us of inevitable disaster. He's more like a political version of the Maytag Man, here to repair something that doesn't yet need to be fixed...
When band members determined that the drum's two cowhide heads were in serious danger of falling apart, they launched a fund drive to repair the colossal instrument. Contributors included Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and other Harvard faculty, according to band Manager Victor W. Hwang...
...glues they secrete known as extracellular matrix. Securing cells in their matrix are Velcro-like patches called cellular-adhesion molecules (CAMs), which are present on every cell except red blood cells. These cellular glues not only hold things together but also play a vital role in growth, fetal development, repair of damaged tissue and elimination of noxious invaders...
...things have got a bit too sticky. Normally, inflammation is part of the healing process. At a wound site, for example, chemical signals prompt the cells of nearby blood vessels to produce more CAMs, turning the vessels into a kind of biological flypaper that attracts platelets, leukocytes and other repair cells to the scene of destruction. Once healing is under way, the signals subside so the vessels lose their stickiness and inflammation recedes. But in a disease like arthritis, the chemical signal is always present. Vessels remain sticky, and repair cells pile up, causing pain, swelling and other symptoms...