treatable

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈtriːtəbəl/ UK /ˈtriːtəbəl/ See IPA manual

adj

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1

adj
able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment

Caught early, the condition is entirely treatable with medication.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be cured or managed... curable manageableremediablehealable

Opposites

untreatableincurable terminal

Word family

Derived forms treatability

Related forms treat treatment treaty

Etymology

From treat (from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'to handle, manage', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull') + the suffix -able.

tractare Latin trahere Latin

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

# treatable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈtriːtəbəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈtriːtəbəl

## Meanings
1. able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment

## Examples
- Caught early, the condition is entirely treatable with medication.

## Synonyms
- curable
- manageable
- remediable
- healable

## Antonyms
- untreatable
- incurable
- terminal

## Derived Forms
- treatability

## Related Forms
- treat
- treatment
- treaty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tractare
- Root: trahere

## Etymology
From treat (from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'to handle, manage', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull') + the suffix -able.

## AI Etymology
Treatable is from treat (from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'to handle, manage', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull') + the suffix -able. Important recorded forms include tractare (Latin) and trahere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment. The wider family includes derived forms such as treatability and related words such as treat, treatment, and treaty.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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