TREATABLE


Meaning of TREATABLE in English

ˈtrēd.əbəl, -ētəb- adjective

Etymology: Middle English tretable, from Middle French traitable, from Latin tractabilis — more at tractable

1.

a. archaic : easily managed, handled, or dealt with : open to appeal or argument : docile , tractable

those arts by which the people were rendered more treatable — A.A.Cooper

b. obsolete : gentle and moderate rather than violent in nature

in France … changes of seasons are less treatable than they are with us — William Temple

2. : capable of being treated : yielding or responsive to treatment

treatable aluminum alloys

a treatable disease

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