treatment

[ treet-muhnt ]

noun

1. an act or manner of treating.

   Synonyms: approach, conduct, management, handling

2. action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc.
3. management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc.
4. literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style.
5. subjection to some agent or action.
6. Movies, Television. a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales.

treatment

/ ˈtriːtmənt /

noun

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

Other Words From

• non·treatment noun
• over·treatment noun
• post·treatment adjective
• self-treatment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of treatment¹

First recorded in 1550–60; treat + -ment

Idioms and Phrases

see red carpet (treatment) .

Example Sentences

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

From Ars Technica

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

From ProPublica

The US Food and Drug Administration approves new treatments.

From Popular-Science

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

From Fortune

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

From Fortune

Related Words

• analysis
• cure
• hospitalization
• medication
• medicine
• operation
• prescription
• regimen
• remedy
• surgery
• therapy