FromMiddle Englishtretable, fromtreten(“treat”) andOld Frenchtraitable,Anglo-Normantretable; equivalent totreat +‎-able.

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treatable (comparativemoretreatable,superlativemosttreatable)

1. Able to betreated; notincurable.

   In the 1980s, AIDS was not atreatable disease, and as a consequence the mortality rate at that time was very high.

2. (dated) Notintractable;moderate.

• untreatable

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