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Definition of Incurable
1. Adjective. Incapable of being cured. "An incurable addiction to smoking"
2. Noun. A person whose disease is incurable.
3. Adjective. Unalterable in disposition or habits. "An incurable optimist"
Definition of Incurable
1. a. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.
2. n. A person diseased beyond cure.
Definition of Incurable
1. Adjective. Of an illness, condition, etc, that cannot be cured; healless. ¹
2. Noun. One who cannot be cured. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incurable
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Incurable
1. A person diseased beyond cure. 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. "A scirrh is not absolutely incurable." (Arbuthnot) 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. "Rancorous and incurable hostility." (Burke) "They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance." (Sir J. Stephen) Synonym: Irremediable, remediless, irrecoverable, irretrievable, irreparable, hopeless. Origin: F. Incurable, L. Incurabilis. See In- not, and Curable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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