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self-treatment

British  

noun

  1. the act or an instance of applying (medical) treatment to oneself

"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

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But kinder self-treatment is a small way you can start to trust your worth again.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

Ziltener agrees that more proof of deliberate self-treatment is required, but she says that the new findings are an intriguing step.

From Scientific American • May 19, 2022

According to the agency, RM has exhibited no particular symptoms while Jin is showing mild symptoms including light fever and is undergoing self-treatment at home.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

The Maryland Emergency Health Management Agency reported that it had received calls about disinfectants and warned citizens not to use them for self-treatment.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020

Efficiency for self-treatment is increased as the power of abstraction is cultivated.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

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