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View synonyms for medicable

medicable

[ med-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. responsive to medical treatment; curable.


medicable

/ ˈmɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. potentially able to be treated or cured medically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmedicably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • medi·ca·bly adverb
  • non·medi·ca·ble adjective
  • un·medi·ca·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medicable1

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

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

He was soon procured, and, prompt of practice, the hurts of Ralph Colleton were found to be easily medicable.

It was the Aqua Tofana, undiluted, instantaneous in its effect, and not medicable by antidotes.

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