medicable

[ med-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. responsive to medical treatment; curable.

medicable

/ ˈmɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. potentially able to be treated or cured medically

Derived Forms

• ˈmedicably, adverb

Other Words From

• medi·ca·bly adverb
• non·medi·ca·ble adjective
• un·medi·ca·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicable¹

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

Example Sentences

Shepherd Sing, for it may be that your thoughts have plucked Some medicable herb to make our grief Less bitter.

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I bleed, perhaps, but with medicable wounds.

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

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

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Related Words

• corrective
• healthful
• invigorating
• medicinal
• remedial
• salutary
• therapeutic