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Meaning of "untreatable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNTREATABLE

untreatable  [ʌnˈtriːtəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNTREATABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Untreatable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNTREATABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Therapy

Therapy literally means "curing, healing" and is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. In the medical field, it is synonymous with the word "treatment". Among psychologists, the term may refer specifically to psychotherapy or talking therapies. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications.

Definition of untreatable in the English dictionary

The definition of untreatable in the dictionary is that cannot be treated, not treatable. Other definition of untreatable is that cannot be treated with or handled, intractable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNTREATABLE


beatable
ˈbiːtəbəl
bootable
ˈbuːtəbəl
cheatable
ˈtʃiːtəbəl
completable
kəmˈpliːtəbəl
convertible
kənˈvɜːtəbəl
depletable
dɪˈpliːtəbəl
eatable
ˈiːtəbəl
executable
ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtəbəl
heatable
ˈhiːtəbəl
nondepletable
ˌnɒndɪˈpliːtəbəl
portable
ˈpɔːtəbəl
repeatable
rɪˈpiːtəbəl
sortable
ˈsɔːtəbəl
suitable
ˈsuːtəbəl
transportable
trænsˈpɔːtəbəl
treatable
ˈtriːtəbəl
unbeatable
ʌnˈbiːtəbəl
uneatable
ʌnˈiːtəbəl
unrepeatable
ˌʌnrɪˈpiːtəbəl
unsuitable
ʌnˈsuːtəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNTREATABLE

untransmutable
untransmuted
untransparent
untrapped
untraveled
untravelled
untraversable
untraversed
untread
untreasure
untreated
untrembling
untremblingly
untremendous
untremulous
untrenched
untrendy
untrespassing
untressed
untried

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNTREATABLE

able
acceptable
accountable
adjustable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
notable
on the table
palatable
printable
profitable
reputable
stable
table
timetable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of untreatable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «untreatable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNTREATABLE

Find out the translation of untreatable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of untreatable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «untreatable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无法治愈的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intratable
570 millions of speakers

English

untreatable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

untreatable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير قابل للعلاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизлечимыми
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intratável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

untreatable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incurable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak boleh dirawat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbehandelbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

治療不可能な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

치료할 수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Untreatable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể chữa được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிகிச்சையளிக்க முடியாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुत्सुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tedavi edilemez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incurabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuleczalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невиліковними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

netratabile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανίατες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbehandelbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

behandlingsbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

botemiddel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of untreatable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTREATABLE»

The term «untreatable» is regularly used and occupies the 57.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTREATABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about untreatable

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QUOTES WITH «UNTREATABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word untreatable.
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Joseph Murray
It's the best time ever to be a doctor because you can heal and treat conditions that were untreatable even a few years ago.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTREATABLE»

Discover the use of untreatable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to untreatable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Treating the 'Untreatable': Healing in the Realms of Madness
Treating the 'Untreatable' offers the hope of recovery, healing and cure for the most severe psychotic disturbances, schizophrenia and delusional disorder.
Ira Steinman, 2009
2
Personality-Disordered Patients: Treatable and Untreatable
This guideline structured book: Covers all personality disorders-including ones not addressed in the latest DSM such as sadistic, depressive, hypomanic, and irritable-explosive Identifies both attributes necessary for treatability and ...
Michael H. Stone, 2007
3
Psychopathy: Antisocial, Criminal, and Violent Behavior
28. Treating. the. "Untreatable. " in. Denmark: Past. and. Present. HEIDI. HANSEN. Since its founding in 1935, the Herstedvester Detention Center in Denmark has functioned as an institution for criminals in need of psychiatric/ psychological ...
Theodore Millon, Erik Simonsen, Morten Birket-Smith, 2002
4
Child Abuse
8/. The. Untreatable. Family. Treatability is a relative term; in general, every member of an abusive family requires treatment. But the plain fact is that in some cases a child may never thrive in his own family, no matter how excellent the ...
Ruth S. Kempe, C. Henry Kempe, 1978
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Western Medicine As Contested Knowledge
CHAPTER ELEVEN Drug-resistant malaria: a global problem and the Thai response Helen Power I think there's a genuine prospect of untreatable malaria unless there is considerable incentive to develop new drugs, and that the spectre of ...
Andrew Cunningham, Bridie Andrews, 1997
6
Ataxia: How I Had to Cope With an Untreatable, Incurable ...
This is a story about my struggle with an incurable neurological disorder.
Sara McArthur, 2010
7
Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
When the adolescent has been classified as untreatable, he or she must be discharged as quickly as possible. However, good judgment and least-risk principles must be used. One of the most difficult issues at this point is how to discharge ...
Todd Wilk Estroff, 2008
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The Subfertility Handbook: A Clinician's Guide
Usually, clinical evaluation, semen analyses and other investigations (as indicated below) allow each man's problem to be assigned to one of three therapeutic groups: untreatable sterility, treatable conditions, or subfertility. Subfertility is most ...
Gabor T. Kovacs, 1997
9
The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with ...
We know they are there, and we know they cause many diseases considered untreatable or incurable by conventional medicine, but getting rid of them is a different story. Fortunately, there is a handful of brilliant researchers who are currently ...
Bryan Rosner, Julie Byers, Michael Huckleberry, 2007
10
Regulating how We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal ...
WHO estimates that less than 10 percent of cancer cases involve untreatable pain.6 For noncancer deaths this percentage would be much lower, due to the lower frequency of untreatable pain and the high proportion of deaths (31 percent ) ...
Linda L. Emanuel, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNTREATABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term untreatable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yale researchers beat untreatable eczema with arthritis drug
Dr. Brett King and his colleagues have successfully treated patients with moderate to severe eczema using a rheumatoid arthritis drug recently shown to reverse ... «Yale News, Jul 15»
2
Ullrich: Courtney Taylor overcomes 'untreatable disease' with …
When Courtney Taylor had season-ending foot surgery for the first time in his career, ending his third season with the B.C. Lions prematurely in September, ... «The Province, Jul 15»
3
Pioneering research into untreatable breast cancer
“These mutated genes are said to create a 90 per cent chance of causing breast cancer and this type of cancer tends to be untreatable, particularly in younger ... «Australian Jewish News, Jun 15»
4
Scientists swoon over stem-cell breakthrough that may cure …
Scientists swoon over stem-cell breakthrough that may cure 'untreatable' injuries ... could potentially save the careers of top athletes and cure as-yet untreatable ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
5
Prostate cancer breakthrough could help men with 'untreatable
The breakthrough in cancer genetics means that many men whose illness was thought untreatable could be given drugs that are already on hospital shelves. «Daily Mail, May 15»
6
Irish parents whose son (3) passed away because of an untreatable
Sheila and Barry Boland were devastated when their three-year-old son died from an untreatable brain tumour. Now they are trying to set up a charity to support ... «Irish Independent, Apr 15»
7
Untreatable tick-borne virus found in Conn., expert says
An untreatable, and sometimes fatal tick-borne disease is turning up in parts of southern Connecticut, according to one expert. Dr. Theodore Andreadis, head of ... «Fox News, Apr 15»
8
Lindsay Lohan hospitalised after contracting untreatable virus
22 JANUARY 2015 Lindsay Lohan had a brief stint in a London hospital this week, reportedly in connection with a virus she contracted while on holiday in ... «hellomagazine.com, Jan 15»
9
Lindsay Lohan contracts rare and untreatable virus
Lindsay Lohan, 28, contracted a rare and untreatable virus while holidaying in French Polynesia. After days of sharing stunning pictures of her lavish break on ... «Tribute.ca, Jan 15»
10
Lindsay Lohan Suffering from Untreatable Virus
The virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, causes fever and severe joint pain, according to the World Health Organization. There is no treatment, though it is ... «People Magazine, Dec 14»

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