incurable
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ə 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.
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World English Dictionary
incurable (ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person having an incurable disease |
| incura'bility | |
| —n | |
| in'curableness | |
| —n | |
| in'curably | |
| —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).
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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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Example sentences
Such studies have served to warn people with the incurable disorder.
Indeed, incurable motor-neuron disease has confined you to a wheelchair and caused you to lose the ability even to speak.
While treatable, the disease had progressed to a stage that's incurable.
For a long time, tuberculosis was a gruesome and incurable disease.
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