Incurable

Incurable
Incurable In*cur"a*ble, a. [F. incurable, L. incurabilis. See {In-} not, and {Curable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. [1913 Webster]

A scirrhus is not absolutely incurable. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. [1913 Webster]

Rancorous and incurable hostility. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance. --Sir J. Stephen.

Syn: Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless. [1913 Webster]


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  • incurable — adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Que no se puede curar: enfermo incurable. enfermedad incurable …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • incurable — que no se puede curar espontáneamente o con los conocimientos actuales Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010. incurable Que no responde al tratamiento médico o quirúrgico …   Diccionario médico

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  • incurable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able to be cured. ► NOUN ▪ an incurable person. DERIVATIVES incurability noun incurably adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • incurable — [in kyoor′ə bəl] adj. [OFr < LL incurabilis] not curable; that cannot be remedied or corrected n. a person having an incurable disease or disorder incurability n. incurably adv …   English World dictionary

  • Incurable — In*cur a*ble, n. A person diseased beyond cure. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incurable — index deadly, incorrigible, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, irreversible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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