adj ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Able to be treated; not incurable.

   "In the 1980s, AIDS was not a treatable disease, and as a consequence the mortality rate at that time was very high."

2. 2
   Not intractable; moderate. dated

Antonyms

All antonyms

untreatable

Example

More examples

"This is a successfully treatable condition."

Etymology

From Middle English tretable, from treten (“treat”) and Old French traitable, Anglo-Norman tretable; equivalent to treat + -able.

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