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incurable

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in⋅cur⋅a⋅ble

  [in-kyoor-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
2. not susceptible to change: his incurable pessimism.
–noun
3. a person suffering from an incurable disease.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < LL incūrābilis. See in- 3 , curable

Related forms:
in⋅cur⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅cur⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅cur⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. unflagging, incorrigible, relentless.
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in·cur·a·ble   (ĭn-kyŏŏr'ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable: an incurable disease.

  2. Incapable of being altered, as in disposition or habits: an incurable optimist; an incurable smoker.

in·cur'a·bil'i·ty, in·cur'a·ble·ness n., in·cur'a·ble n., in·cur'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

incurable 
1340, from O.Fr. incurable (13c.), from L. incurabilis, from in- "not" + curabilis "curable" (see cure).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·cur·able
Pronunciation: (')in-'kyur-&-b&l
Function: adjective
: impossible to cure incurable disease> —in·cur·ably /-blE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

incurable in·cur·a·ble (ĭn-ky&oobreve;r'ə-bəl)
adj.
Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable.

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