incurable

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The disease is inherited and currently incurable, with many children dying within a few years of diagnosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Céline Dion has announced her return to the stage, four years after she was diagnosed with an incurable condition that affected her singing voice and her ability to walk.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The debate centers around the idea of what constitutes a cure for multiple myeloma, the to-date incurable but increasingly treatable form of blood cancer I have.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The opprobrium that ensued in the course of a shamelessly one-sided trial shredded their reputations, cost them their jobs and led to an incurable banishment from public life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“El Tri is a very well-respected band. Although they’re not really my style, I’m sure they’re talented. Sometimes I don’t know when to shut up. It’s a medical condition. They say it’s incurable, like AIDS.”

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez