incurable condition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincurableandcondition
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incurable
adjective
uk/ɪnˈkjʊə.rə.bəl/us/ɪnˈkjʊr.ə.bəl/
not able to ...
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condition
noun
uk/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofincurableandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Patients with advanced cancer often believe they can no longer have life goals because they have anincurablecondition, an attitude that strongly enhances depression.
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Though physical therapy is indicated to help people with thisincurablecondition, the family's "managed care" insurers suddenly stopped paying for the therapy.
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Could there be general agreement on what constitutes anincurablecondition?
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Stunned, she was told it was anincurableconditionleading to weakening or a complete loss of sight.
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His life crashes around him when he finds he suffers from catalepsy, anincurableconditionmarked by loss of voluntary motion.
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His doctor described his illness as anincurableconditionof the upper gastro-intestinal tract that was probably cancer.
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On a more base level some health practitioners take advantage of this heroic struggle against mortality by marketing "cure alls" for incurable conditions.
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With a rapidly aging population, the incidence of cancer and other incurable conditions is likely to increase.
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The law permits physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a patient agreed by two doctors to be within six months of dying from anincurablecondition.
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In the care of children, she changed seemingly incurable conditions and identified hope through diagnosis, palliation and surgical repair.
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