treatable
able to be treated, especially medically: Some diseases are treatable but not curable.
Origin of treatable
1Other words from treatable
- treat·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·treat·a·ble, adjective
- un·treat·a·ble, adjective
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How to use treatable in a sentence
If employees are found with such conditions, the audit said, operators wouldn’t be forced to resign or transfer jobs because those conditions are treatable.
Metro is not properly tracking operator fatigue and medical issues, which affect safety, audit says | Justin George | August 31, 2021 | Washington PostWhile heat exhaustion, when caught, is treatable with fluids, rest, and a cooler environment, it can escalate into heat stroke, which can involve damage to the brain, kidneys, liver, and other internal organs.
What extreme heat means for the future of the Summer Olympics | Claire Maldarelli | July 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSome cancers also may be slow-growing and are treatable despite a later diagnosis, but others are not.
A Crisis of Undiagnosed Cancers Is Emerging in the Pandemic’s Second Year | by Duaa Eldeib, video by Alex Garcia | May 4, 2021 | ProPublicaI think that that’s one of the reasons why they’re actually putting this pause on this is that this is something that’s treatable, but it’s treatable in a way that is different from how you would normally treat a blood clot situation.
The Johnson & Johnson Pause Shows The System Is Working | Anna Rothschild | April 14, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThis meant that treatable cancers went undetected until they were advanced.
How to fix what the innovation economy broke about America | Katie McLean | February 17, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Thankful that I made it this far without fearing dying of a treatable illness because I had no insurance.
From Socially Isolated Nerd to Jeopardy! Bad Boy: A Thank You Note | Arthur Chu | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor those with serious, but treatable conditions, these measures are life saving.
Families and Physicians Debate the True Meaning of Brain Death | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Richard Joseph | January 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis contact said the agent was treatable with Visostgman-Physostigmine, Alberodquisan, and Vitamin B6.
The research in this area is clear: They are not treatable and these offenders pose the greatest risk to the public.
They will be telling the world that childhood psychiatric and learning disorders are real, common, and treatable.
Dr. Harold Koplewicz: a New Poll That Trivializes ADHD Is Nonsense | Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz | May 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, demoralization is not a treatable condition—not, certainly, in the medical sense.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn | Steven J. BartlettMost psychological conditions (there are exceptions, as we will see) are not, at least at present, treatable in the medical sense.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn | Steven J. BartlettThen the kings called the King of Ireland, and found him goodly and treatable.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) | Thomas Malory
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