medicable

[ med-i-kuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. responsive to medical treatment; curable.

Origin of medicable

1
First recorded in 1610–20, medicable is from the Latin word medicābilis healing, curative. See medical, -able

Other words from medicable

  • med·i·ca·bly, adverb
  • non·med·i·ca·ble, adjective
  • un·med·i·ca·ble, adjective

Words Nearby medicable

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How to use medicable in a sentence

  • It was the aqua tofana undiluted by mercy, instantaneous in its effect, and not medicable by any antidote.

    The Golden Dog | William Kirby
  • He was soon procured, and, prompt of practice, the hurts of Ralph Colleton were found to be easily medicable.

    Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia | William Gilmore Simms
  • It was the Aqua Tofana, undiluted, instantaneous in its effect, and not medicable by antidotes.

    Under the Witches' Moon | Nathan Gallizier

British Dictionary definitions for medicable

medicable

/ (ˈmɛdɪkəbəl) /


adjective
  1. potentially able to be treated or cured medically

Derived forms of medicable

  • medicably, adverb

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