treatable
Able to heal
Treatable describes a condition that can be improved or cured through medical intervention.
The word appears most often with diseases and disorders: Many cancers are treatable if caught early.
Something treatable isn't necessarily curable—the term suggests symptoms can be managed or progression slowed, even when complete recovery isn't possible.
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- improvementPositive change in quality
- healingRestoration of health
restoration · mending · renewal · prognosis · survival · outlook · bounce-back · resilience
Temporary disease absence
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- cureTreatment that heals
- antidoteSubstance neutralizing harmful agents
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
immunization · antibiotics · antivirals · elimination · resolution · clearance · cured · reversible
Persisting over time
- symptomIndicator of disease
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- lifestylePersonal living pattern
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
stabilize · maintenance · control · diet · exercise · compliance · condition · palliative
Purposeful involvement to change course
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
physiotherapy · psychotherapy · counseling · cognitive · behavioral · occupational · speech · holistic
Identification of illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
pharmaceuticals · prognosis · efficacy · side-effects · contraindications · generic · brand-name · first-line
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- improvementPositive change in quality
healing · restoration · mending · renewal · prognosis · survival · outlook · bounce-back · resilience · remission
remission
Temporary disease absence
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- cureTreatment that heals
- antidoteSubstance neutralizing harmful agents
vaccine · immunization · antibiotics · antivirals · elimination · resolution · clearance · cured · reversible · eradicable
chronic
Persisting over time
monitoring · stabilize · maintenance · control · diet · exercise · compliance · condition · palliative · alleviate
intervention
Purposeful involvement to change course
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
radiation · physiotherapy · psychotherapy · counseling · cognitive · behavioral · occupational · speech · holistic · acupuncture
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
medication · pharmaceuticals · prognosis · efficacy · side-effects · contraindications · generic · brand-name · first-line · second-line
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- medical outcomessurvival rate, cure rate, mortality, death rate, remission
- medical resultspositive, negative, normal, abnormal, inconclusive
- prognosispoor prognosis, favorable, unfavorable, guarded, grim
treatableuntreatable
Cannot be healed
incurable · intractable · terminal · irremediable · uncurable