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incurable

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in·cur·a·ble  (n-kyr-bl)
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·cura·bili·ty, in·cura·ble·ness n.
in·cura·ble n.
in·cura·bly adv.

incurable [ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) (esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a person having an incurable disease
incurability , incurableness n
incurably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incurable - a person whose disease is incurable
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.1.incurable - incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking"
curable - curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases"
2.incurable - unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist"
inalterable, unalterable - not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"

incurable
adjective
1. fatal, terminal, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, remediless He is suffering from an incurable skin disease.
2. incorrigible, hopeless, inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool He's an incurable romantic.
Translations
incurable [ɪnˈkjʊərəbl]
A. ADJ
1. (Med) → incurable
2. (fig) [optimist, romantic] → incorregible
B. Nincurable mf

incurable [ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl] adj
[disease] → incurable
[romantic, optimist] → incurable

incurable
adj, incurably
advunheilbar; (fig)unverbesserlich
n (Med) → unheilbar Kranke(r) mf

incurable [ɪnˈkjʊərəbl] adj (disease) → incurabile; (habit) → incorreggibile (fig) (optimist) → inguaribile
incurable [ɪnˈkjʊərəbl] adj (disease) → incurabile; (habit) → incorreggibile (fig) (optimist) → inguaribile

incurable
adj incurable [inˈkjuərəbl]
not able to be cured or corrected; not curable an incurable disease/habit. ongeneeslike غَيْر قابِل للشِّفاء، عُضال нелечим nevyléčitelný uhelbredelig unheilbar ανίατος, αθεράπευτος incurable parandamatu علاج ناپذیر parantumaton incurable חֲשוּך מַרפֵּא लाइलाज neizlječiv, nepopravljiv gyógyíthatatlan (beteg) tak tersembuhkan ólæknanlegur incurabile, inguaribile 不治の 불치의 neišgydomas nedziedināms; neārstējams; nelabojams tidak dapat disembuhkan ongeneeslijk uhelbredelig nieuleczalny incurável incurabil неизлечимый; неискоренимый nevyliečiteľný neozdravljiv neizlečiv obotlig ซึ่งเปลี่ยนแปลงไม่ได้ tedavi edilemez 無藥可醫的,無法糾正的,無法治癒的 невиліковний, незцілимий لا علاج không thể cứu chữa


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A KIND-HEARTED Physician sitting at the bedside of a patient afflicted with an incurable and painful disease, heard a noise behind him, and turning saw a cat laughing at the feeble efforts of a wounded mouse to drag itself out of the room.
Or again, why blame a lying, thievish Isosceles when you ought rather to deplore the incurable inequality of his sides?
Schneider frowns ever more and more and shakes his head; he hints that the brain is fatally injured; he does not as yet declare that his patient is incurable, but he allows himself to express the gravest fears.
 
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