untreatable
untreatable — adjective
- untreatablepositive
- more untreatablecomparative
- most untreatablesuperlative
1. A medical condition or disease that is untreatable cannot be cured or improved b
A medical condition or disease that is untreatable cannot be cured or improved by any known medicine, surgery, or therapy — doctors have no way to stop it from getting worse.
Femi was told that his father's lung cancer was untreatable and had spread to the bones.
be + untreatable (copular construction)
The rare virus remained untreatable for decades until a team in Nairobi developed a new drug.
remain + untreatable (linking verb)
Doctors described the infection as an untreatable condition that affected Charlotte's spinal cord.
After examining the scans, the specialist confirmed that the tumour was untreatable.
Padma's family chose hospice care when her illness was declared untreatable by three hospitals.
- incurable
the most common synonym; used for any disease that cannot be cured, while 'untreatable' can also mean no therapy exists to slow its progression
- terminal
focuses on the fatal outcome rather than the lack of treatment — a terminal illness will cause death even if symptoms can be treated
- inoperable
only used for conditions (especially tumours) that cannot be removed by surgery; the condition might still respond to other treatments
文法句型
untreatable + noun
be + untreatable
用法筆記
Frequently used with verbs like 'be', 'remain', 'become', or passive reporting verbs ('is considered', 'was declared'). Often followed by a noun describing a disease or injury (an untreatable wound, an untreatable form of cancer).