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What does the cure is worse than the disease mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word the cure is worse than the disease? Here's what it means.

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  1. The medical treatment for an illness produces a worse net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.
  2. (figuratively) The solution or proposed solution to a problem produces a worse net result than the problem does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via unintended consequences.
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