healable

/hiːɪbəl/

Definitions

1. adjective

capable of being healed or cured

“The new medicine made the wound healable.”

2. adjective

able to be restored to a healthy or normal state

“After a year of therapy, she became healable, and her confidence improved.”

3. adjective

able to be restored or cured, often by natural or medical means

“The patient was declared healable, but needed to undergo additional treatment.”

Synonyms

  • curable
  • reparable
  • restorable

Antonyms

  • incurable
  • irreparable
  • permanently damaged