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overtreat en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + treat.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects.
    • Also, overtreated patients become more insulin-resistant, and this gradually reverses as insulin doses are reduced. 2002, Anthony L. McCall, “Insulin Therapy and Hypoglycemia”, in Insulin Therapy, →ISBN, page 217:
    • The traditional physician in Astoria who overtreated me for a case of syphilis six and a half years ago to the tune of twelve penicillin shots plus three weeks' worth of penicillin pills. 1977 February 12, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “Some New York Alternatives”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overtreating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overtreated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overtreated Tense=Past lexicographic
overtreats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

undertreat

Deriveds

overtreatment

Relateds

overkill

Translations (3)

hu túlkezel (to subject to excessive medical treatment) · fi ylihoitaa (to subject to excessive medical treatment) · pl leczyć nadmiernie (to subject to excessive medical treatment)