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treatment

[ treet-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act or manner of treating.
Synonyms: approach, conduct, management, handling
action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc.
management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc.
literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style.
subjection to some agent or action.
Movies, Television. a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales.

treatment

/ ˈtriːtmənt /

the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom
the manner of handling or dealing with a person or thing, as in a literary or artistic work
the act, practice, or manner of treating
films an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles, dialogue, etc
the treatment slang.
the treatment the usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the ( full ) treatment )

First recorded in 1550–60; treat + -ment

The woman was rushed to a hospital about 20 miles away, resulting in about a one-hour delay in treatment.

Many come in from residential treatment centers or had run away from their placements, he said.

The US Food and Drug Administration approves new treatments.

After some resistance, Moscow allowed him to be flown to Berlin’s Charité hospital for treatment.

Dellaire recommends at least secondary treatment of wastewater or—even better—UV or ozone treatment, which he says destroys up to 99% of pathogens.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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