| incurable | A person diseased beyond cure. 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. "A scirrh is not absolutely incurable." (Arbuthnot) 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. "Rancorous and incurable hostility." (Burke) "They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance." (Sir J. Stephen) Synonym: Irremediable, remediless, irrecoverable, irretrievable, irreparable, hopeless. Origin: F. Incurable, L. Incurabilis. See In- not, and Curable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| incurably | In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. "Incurably diseased." . "Incurably wicked." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| incurrent | <zoology> Characterised by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca. Origin: L. Incurrens, p. Pr. Incurere, incursum, to run in; in- + currere to run. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| incursion | 1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid. "The Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana." (Milton) "The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire." (Arbuthnot) 2. Attack; occurrence. "Sins of daily incursion." (South) Synonym: Invasion, inroad, raid, foray, sally, attack, onset, irruption. See Invasion. Origin: L. Incursio: cf. F. Incursion. See Incur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| incurvation | An inward curvature; a bending inward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incurved | Bent or curved inwards or upwards, of leaf margins, curved towards the adaxial surface. (09 Oct 1997) |
| incus | <anatomy> One of three ossicles in the ear lying between the malleus and stapes. (13 Nov 1997) |
| incycloduction | A cycloduction in which the upper pole of the cornea is rotated inward (medially). Origin: in-+ cyclo-+ L. Duco, pp. Ductus, to lead (05 Mar 2000) |
| incyclophoria | A cyclophoria in which the 12 o'clock position in the iris tends to twist medially. Origin: L. In-+ cyclo-+ G. Phora, a carrying (05 Mar 2000) |
| incyclotropia | A cyclotropia in which the upper poles of the corneas are rotated inward (medially) to each other. Origin: in-+ cyclo-+ G. Trope, a turning (05 Mar 2000) |