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Treatment
//ˈtɹiːtmənt// noun
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Noun
- 1 The process or manner of treating someone or something. countable, uncountable
"He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors."
- 2 care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) wordnet
- 3 Medical care for an illness or injury. countable, uncountable
"A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started."
- 4 (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) wordnet
- 5 The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the management of someone or something wordnet
- 7 A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject. countable
"Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants."
- 8 a manner of dealing with something artistically wordnet
- 9 A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film. countable
- 10 an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic wordnet
- 11 entertainment; treat countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Accept such treatment as a swain affords."
- 12 harsh punishment; retribution countable, euphemistic, uncountable
"He’s been a naughty boy, so give him a good treatment."
Etymology
From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement.
See also for "treatment"
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