definitions

treatment

[ treet-muhnt ]
/ ˈtrit mənt /
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noun

an act or manner of treating.
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.

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Nearby words

treasury tag, treat, treat like dirt, treatable, treatise, treatment, treaty, treaty indian, treaty port, trebbia, trebizond

Origin of treatment

First recorded in 1550–60; treat + -ment

SYNONYMS FOR treatment

1 handling, management, conduct, approach.

Related forms

non·treat·ment, nouno·ver·treat·ment, nounpost·treat·ment, adjectiveself-treat·ment, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for post-treatment

treatment

/ (ˈtriːtmənt) /

noun

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 usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the (full) treatment)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for post-treatment

treatment

[ trēt′mənt ]

n.

Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or an injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Idioms and Phrases with post-treatment

treatment

see red carpet (treatment).

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.