incurable
adjective
[ ɪnˈkjʊərəb(ə)l ]
• (of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.
• "even when the sick are incurable they are never untreatable"
Similar:
untreatable,
inoperable,
irremediable,
beyond cure,
terminal,
fatal,
deadly,
mortal,
chronic,
persistent,
long-standing,
constantly recurring,
long-term,
immedicable,
incurable
noun
• a person who cannot be cured.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incurabilis, from in- ‘not’ + curabilis (see curable).
