treatment B1 Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈtɹiːtmənt/ See IPA manual Freq #2217 Meanings 1 noun Medical care given for an illness or injury. She is receiving treatment for a serious infection. 2 noun The way you behave towards or deal with someone or something. He still has nightmares from the cruel treatment he received from his captors. 3 noun The way a subject is dealt with in art or writing. Their treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · medical care given for an... courseintervention 2 noun · the way you behave towards... handling Word family Forms treatments Derived forms antitreatmentbiotreatmentcotreatmenthydrotreatmentill-treatmentintertreatmentnontreatmentovertreatmentphototreatmentphytotreatmentposttreatmentpretreatment Related forms treat Appears in Phrases (2) See all symptomatic treatment treatment aimed at relieving symptoms rather than directly removing their cause Adjective + noun abominable treatment behavior toward someone that is exceptionally cruel or unacceptable Adjective + noun Proverbs (1) See all The treatment is worse than the disease Etymology AI details From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement. Topics Health & Medicine External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # treatment **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtɹiːtmənt/ **Frequency rank:** 2217 ## Meanings 1. Medical care given for an illness or injury. 2. The way you behave towards or deal with someone or something. 3. The way a subject is dealt with in art or writing. ## Examples - She is receiving treatment for a serious infection. - He still has nightmares from the cruel treatment he received from his captors. - Their treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture. ## Derived Forms - antitreatment - biotreatment - cotreatment - hydrotreatment - ill-treatment - intertreatment - nontreatment - overtreatment - phototreatment - phytotreatment - posttreatment - pretreatment ## Related Forms - treat ## Etymology From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement. ## AI Etymology Treatment is from treat + -ment. Compare French traitement. In present-day use, it can mean medical care given for an illness or injury, or the way you behave towards or deal with someone or something. Derived formations include antitreatment, biotreatment, cotreatment, hydrotreatment, ill-treatment, intertreatment, nontreatment, overtreatment. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown