untreatable
No cure exists
Untreatable describes a condition or disease that cannot be cured or effectively managed with available medical interventions: The cancer had progressed to an untreatable stage.
The word often appears in serious medical contexts but can apply figuratively to any problem deemed beyond remedy: His stubbornness was untreatable.
Offering relief, not remedy
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- inoperableCannot be repaired
nonresponsive · intractable · hopeless · terminal · irreversible · degenerative · progressive · fatal
Lasting entire existence
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- long-termLasting extended period
- ongoingIn progress now
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
symptomatic · maintenance · degenerative · progressive · relapsing · recurrent · continuous · perennial
Terminal illness comfort program
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- dyingCeasing to live
prognosis · bereavement · grief · deathbed · moribund · decline · deterioration · dignity
palliative
Offering relief, not remedy
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
inoperable · nonresponsive · intractable · hopeless · terminal · irreversible · degenerative · progressive · fatal · aggressive
lifelong
Lasting entire existence
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- long-termLasting extended period
- ongoingIn progress now
management · symptomatic · maintenance · degenerative · progressive · relapsing · recurrent · continuous · perennial · enduring
hospice
Terminal illness comfort program
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- fatalCausing death or ruin
dying · prognosis · bereavement · grief · deathbed · moribund · decline · deterioration · dignity
- medical resultspositive, negative, normal, abnormal, inconclusive
untreatabletreatable
Capable of being cured
curable · remediable · healable · manageable · operable
untreatabletreatable
Capable of being cured
fixable · solvable · remediable · rectifiable · reparable
treat, retreat, treaty, treatment, treated, untreated, treatable, retreating, retreated