- treatable
- treat|a|ble [ `tritəbl ] adjectivea treatable illness or medical condition can be cured by medical treatment
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Treatable — Treat a*ble, a. [OE. tretable, F. traitable, L. tractabilis. See {Treat}, and cf. {Tractable}.] Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent. [Obs.] A treatable disposition, a strong memory. R. Parr. [1913 Webster] A kind of treatable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
treatable — [[t]tri͟ːtəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED A treatable disease is one which can be cured or controlled, usually by the use of drugs. This is a treatable condition... Depression is treatable. Syn: curable … English dictionary
treatable — treat|a|ble [ˈtri:təbəl] adj a treatable illness or injury can be helped with drugs or an operation ▪ Certain forms of cancer are treatable with drugs … Dictionary of contemporary English
treatable — adjective Date: 14th century capable of being treated ; yielding or responsive to treatment < a treatable disease > • treatability noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
treatable — treatability, n. /tree teuh beuhl/, adj. able to be treated, esp. medically: Some diseases are treatable but not curable. [TREAT + ABLE] * * * … Universalium
treatable — adjective Able to be treated; not incurable or intractable. In the eighties, AIDS was not a treatable disease, and as a consequence the mortality rate at that time was very high … Wiktionary
treatable — treat·able trēt ə bəl adj capable of being treated: yielding or responsive to treatment <a treatable disease> treat·abil·i·ty .trēt ə bil ət ē n, pl ties … Medical dictionary
treatable — adj. Treatable is used with these nouns: ↑condition, ↑disease, ↑illness … Collocations dictionary
treatable — adjective a treatable illness or injury can be helped with drugs or an operation … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
treatable — UK [ˈtriːtəb(ə)l] / US [ˈtrɪtəb(ə)l] adjective a treatable illness or medical condition can be cured by medical treatment … English dictionary