treatable

[tree-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. able to be treated, especially medically.

   Some diseases are treatable but not curable.

Other Word Forms

• treatability noun
• nontreatable adjective
• untreatable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of treatable¹

treat + -able

Example Sentences

Subsequent scans found another tumour in his liver that was unconnected to his lung cancer and also treatable.

From BBC

Even though medical advancements have made the deadly disease treatable, it hasn’t been eliminated.

From Los Angeles Times

He sent me an a copy of an opinion piece he’s writing, which includes a warning that county hospitals could “again be overrun with the poor … and homeless, leading to further hospital and ER overcrowding, delayed discharges and reduction in routine health maintenance … That could lead to an increase in community TB cases and more serious complications of treatable disease, as well as deaths.”

From Los Angeles Times

Malnourished and anemic, and without direct access to a health clinic, he succumbs to a treatable illness.

From Salon

Clinicians, unaware that their patients’ pain stems from a treatable medical condition, end up dismissing it as anxiety or ignoring it completely.

From Salon