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View synonyms for immedicable

immedicable

[ ih-med-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective



immedicable

/ ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of wounds) unresponsive to treatment
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Derived Forms

  • imˈmedicableness, noun
  • imˈmedicably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • im·medi·ca·ble·ness noun
  • im·medi·ca·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of immedicable1

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

The taint was too inveterate to be eradicated; the evil was immedicable; Rome was already effete and moribund.

He learns to bear what he cannot prevent, knowing that courage and patience make tolerable immedicable ills.

Buddhism denied Brahm and every tenet of Brahmanism, save only that which concerned the immedicable misery of life.

Here was the agony that lurked in pleasure, the immedicable pain which allured—lights gleamed behind swaying veils.

It has received the immedicable wound; no hellebore can cure it.

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