correctableadj.
That may be corrected; =correctible adj.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > neutralizing or counteracting > able to be neutralized or counteracted
correctablea1661
the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be > specifically of faults or weaknesses
repairable1489
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corrigible1673
correctible1889
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Glouc. 350 The coldness and windiness [of Sider] (easily correctable with Spice).
1921 Federal Reporter 271 592 The court below merely committed error in the remedy exclusively correctable there or by appeal to this court.
1968 Postgrad. Med. XLIV. 157/1 Arteriography should be performed on all hypertensive patients who would benefit from surgery if a correctable lesion were found.
1976 Lancet 27 Nov. 1180/2 This defect was correctable by transplantation of normal-mouse hæmopoietic stem cells.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Aug. 937/4 The general quality and definitiveness of this book make it worth adding some correctable points.
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