incurable

Definitions


[ɪŋˈkjɔːrəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured
(e.g: even when the sick are incurable they are never untreatable)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incurabilis, from in- ‘not’ + curabilis (see curable)


[ɪŋˈkjɔːrəbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who cannot be cured


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incurabilis, from in- ‘not’ + curabilis (see curable)




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