treatment
Americannoun
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an act or manner of treating.
- Synonyms:
- approach, conduct, management, handling
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action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc.
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management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc.
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literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style.
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subjection to some agent or action.
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Movies, Television. a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales.
noun
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the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom
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the manner of handling or dealing with a person or thing, as in a literary or artistic work
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the act, practice, or manner of treating
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films an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles, dialogue, etc
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slang the usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the ( full ) treatment )
Other Word Forms
- nontreatment noun
- overtreatment noun
- posttreatment adjective
- self-treatment noun
Etymology
Origin of treatment
Example Sentences
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The Hong Kong authorities say his medical treatment has been “adequate and comprehensive.”
The aqueous extract is produced by mixing sunflower seed flour with water and filtering it, without requiring additional physical or chemical treatments.
From Science Daily
The findings, published Feb. 4 in Nature, challenge long-standing views of Parkinson's disease and point toward a new era of more precise and targeted treatment approaches.
From Science Daily
Crush, a loggerhead turtle, was given life-saving treatment at New Era Veterinary Hospital in St Saviour, Jersey, after she was found extremely weak and suffering from malnutrition.
From BBC
“I respect the fact that she wasn’t using that as a reason to get special treatment or accommodations,” he says.
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