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immedicable

American  
[ih-med-i-kuh-buhl] / ɪˈmɛd ɪ kə bəl /

adjective

  1. incurable.

immedicable British  
/ ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of wounds) unresponsive to treatment

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Origin of immedicable

First recorded in 1525–35, immedicable is from the Latin word immedicābilis incurable. See im- 2, medicable

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Immedicable woes, a life of tears, The silent tomb, eternal night, to find More sweet, by far, than the ethereal light, These things were not by heaven's gracious law Imposed on you.

From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick

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