treatable

American  

[tree-tuh-buhl] / ˈtri tə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be treated, especially medically.

   Some diseases are treatable but not curable.

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Other Word Forms

• nontreatable adjective
• treatability noun
• untreatable adjective

Etymology

Origin of treatable

treat + -able

Example Sentences

"You can learn how to perceive stress differently. Poor sleep is very treatable. Optimism can be practiced."

From Science Daily

There have already been many cases of people requesting and receiving assisted suicide even though their conditions are treatable.

From The Wall Street Journal

WHO says these drugs, sometime called skinny jabs, represent a new chapter in the gradual conceptual shift in how society approaches obesity, from a "lifestyle condition" to a complex, preventable, and treatable chronic disease.

From BBC

It says the condition is treatable with the right action.

From BBC

The sanctuary said they had been left with no choice when it came to the ageing big cats, which they said had "serious health conditions that were not treatable and were deteriorating".

From BBC