treatment

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The process or manner of treating someone or something.

   • He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors.
2. 2

   Medical care for an illness or injury.

   • A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.
   • Cancer survivors who got radiation treatments as children have nearly twice the risk of developing diabetes as adults.
   • The change is due largely to the increased availability of antiretroviral treatment.
3. 3

   The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.

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   1. 4

      A treatise

      A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.

      • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
   2. 5

      A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.

   3. 6

      entertainment

      entertainment; treat

      • Accept such treatment as a swain affords.
   4. 7

      harsh punishment

      harsh punishment; retribution

      • He’s been a naughty boy, so give him a good treatment.
      • Even if you supported the socialist regime, your class background often meant you were going to get the treatment regardless.

The neighborhood

• neighbortreat