US /ˈtɹiːtmənt/
noun Freq #2217

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Medical care given for an illness or injury.

    She is receiving treatment for a serious infection.

  2. 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. 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

Etymology

From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement.

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