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—treatability, n./tree"teuh beuhl/, adj.able to be treated, esp. medically: Some diseases are treatable but not curable.[TREAT + -ABLE]
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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 — 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 — treat|a|ble [ tritəbl ] adjective a treatable illness or medical condition can be cured by medical treatment … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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
