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treatment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɹiːtmənt/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process or manner of treating someone or something.
    • He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Medical care for an illness or injury.
    • Cancer survivors who got radiation treatments as children have nearly twice the risk of developing diabetes as adults.
    • The change is due largely to the increased availability of antiretroviral treatment.
    • A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
  4. (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
    • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
  5. (countable) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) entertainment; treat
    • Accept such treatment as a swain affords. 1725–1726, Homer, “Book 14”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
  7. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) harsh punishment; retribution
    • Even if you supported the socialist regime, your class background often meant you were going to get the treatment regardless.
    • He’s been a naughty boy, so give him a good treatment.

Forms

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Deriveds

subtreatment · medication assisted treatment · wilderness treatment center · biotreatment · window treatment · antitreatment · posttreatment · intensive treatment · undertreatment · phototreatment · shock treatment · conservative treatment · flour treatment agent · tweakment · preferential treatment · give the royal treatment · special treatment · phytotreatment · hydrotreatment · re-treatment · overtreatment · scriptment · trauma-informed stabilization treatment · pretreatment · retreatment · absent treatment · medication-assisted treatment · error treatment · Nauheim treatment · self-treatment · residential treatment · heat treatment · cold treatment · ill treatment · adjunct treatment · intertreatment · nontreatment · exposure treatment · hairdryer treatment · treatment-naïve · cotreatment · definitive treatment · ill-treatment · silent treatment

Relateds

treat

Synonyms

course

Translations (149)

ar عِلَاج (medical care for an illness or injury) · es trato (process or manner of treating) · hi प्रसंस्करण (preserving or giving particular properties) · mn эмчилгээ (medical care for an illness or injury) · sv behandling (process or manner of treating) · sh teràpija (medical care for an illness or injury) · fi käsittely (process or manner of treating) · cmn 處理 /处理 (process or manner of treating) · cs zacházení (process or manner of treating) · ur علاج (medical care for an illness or injury) · hu kezelés (preserving or giving particular properties) · hi चिकित्सा (process or manner of treating) · it cura (medical care for an illness or injury) · ht tretman (medical care for an illness or injury) · fa علاج (medical care for an illness or injury) · hi चिकित्सा (medical care for an illness or injury) · az davranış (process or manner of treating) · egy F5-w-Y1:Z2 (medical care for an illness or injury) · fr traitement (preserving or giving particular properties) · fur tratament (medical care for an illness or injury) · gl tratamento (medical care for an illness or injury) · ru терапи́я (medical care for an illness or injury) · mk третма́н (medical care for an illness or injury) · de Umgang (process or manner of treating) · el επεξεργασία (preserving or giving particular properties) · id perlakuan (process or manner of treating) · ko 처리 (process or manner of treating) · sv kur (medical care for an illness or injury) · ru обхожде́ние (process or manner of treating) · hi उपचार (process or manner of treating) · eo traktado (process or manner of treating) · sh postupanje (process or manner of treating) · nl behandeling (process or manner of treating) · el μεταχείριση (process or manner of treating) · ang lācnung (medical care for an illness or injury) · es tratamiento (medical care for an illness or injury) · fur tratament (process or manner of treating) · id penanganan (medical care for an illness or injury) · el θεραπεία (medical care for an illness or injury) · ht tretman (process or manner of treating) · af behandeling (process or manner of treating) · hi उपचार (medical care for an illness or injury) · fi käsittely (preserving or giving particular properties) · ast tratamientu (medical care for an illness or injury) · sw matibabu (medical care for an illness or injury) · el συμπεριφορά (process or manner of treating) · nn medfart (process or manner of treating) · te చికిత్స (process or manner of treating) · de Behandlung (medical care for an illness or injury) · sh trètmān (medical care for an illness or injury) · it trattamento (medical care for an illness or injury) · ko 대우 (process or manner of treating) · hu kezelés (medical care for an illness or injury) · sh лијечење (medical care for an illness or injury) · hi इलाज (medical care for an illness or injury) · cmn 治療 /治疗 (medical care for an illness or injury) · sh lečenje (medical care for an illness or injury) · hu bánásmód (process or manner of treating) · sh трѐтма̄н (medical care for an illness or injury) · da behandling (medical care for an illness or injury) · hy բժշկում (medical care for an illness or injury) · uk лікува́ння (medical care for an illness or injury) · ja 治療 (medical care for an illness or injury) · io terapio (medical care for an illness or injury) · te చికిత్స (medical care for an illness or injury) · ml ശുശ്രൂഷ (medical care for an illness or injury) · bo སྨན་བཅོས (medical care for an illness or injury) · ca tractament (process or manner of treating) · la curatio (medical care for an illness or injury) · de Behandeln (process or manner of treating) · fr traitement (process or manner of treating) · ro tratament (process or manner of treating) · pt tratamento (process or manner of treating) · fa درمان (medical care for an illness or injury) · ky мамиле (process or manner of treating) · it trattamento (preserving or giving particular properties) · ja 処理 (process or manner of treating) · fi kuuri (medical care for an illness or injury) · hy բուժում (medical care for an illness or injury) · eo trakto (process or manner of treating) · fi hoito (medical care for an illness or injury) · es tratamiento (preserving or giving particular properties) · ml പെരുമാറ്റം (process or manner of treating) · sh тера̀пија (medical care for an illness or injury) · tr tedavi (medical care for an illness or injury) · pl leczenie (medical care for an illness or injury) · tl sampawan (medical care for an illness or injury) · da kur (medical care for an illness or injury) · ar مُعَالَجَة (medical care for an illness or injury) · ca tractament (medical care for an illness or injury) · el κατεργασία (preserving or giving particular properties) · ms rawatan (medical care for an illness or injury) · tl sampawan (preserving or giving particular properties) · el αγωγή (medical care for an illness or injury) · bg обработка (process or manner of treating) · nb medfart (process or manner of treating) · pl traktowanie (process or manner of treating) · ru лече́ние (medical care for an illness or injury) · la tractātiō (process or manner of treating) · az müalicə (medical care for an illness or injury) · grc ἰατρεία (medical care for an illness or injury) · ml പരിചരണം (medical care for an illness or injury) · eo kuracado (medical care for an illness or injury) · bg третиране (process or manner of treating) · hu gyógykezelés (medical care for an illness or injury) · el αντιμετώπιση (process or manner of treating) · la curatura (medical care for an illness or injury) · gl tratamento (process or manner of treating) · ro tratament (medical care for an illness or injury) · ar مُعَامَلَة (process or manner of treating) · be абыхо́джанне (process or manner of treating) · uk зве́рнення (process or manner of treating) · fa درمان (process or manner of treating) · ml ചികിത്സ (medical care for an illness or injury) · da behandling (preserving or giving particular properties) · nl behandeling (medical care for an illness or injury) · mk лекување (medical care for an illness or injury) · bg лече́ние (medical care for an illness or injury) · fur cure (medical care for an illness or injury) · mi maimoatanga (medical care for an illness or injury) · fi kohtelu (process or manner of treating) · cs léčba (medical care for an illness or injury) · sk liečba (medical care for an illness or injury) · nl behandeling (preserving or giving particular properties) · da behandling (process or manner of treating) · bg обработка (preserving or giving particular properties) · sh лечење (medical care for an illness or injury) · sh tretiranje (preserving or giving particular properties) · de Behandlung (preserving or giving particular properties) · sk zaobchádzanie (process or manner of treating) · sk spracovanie (preserving or giving particular properties) · ru обраще́ние (process or manner of treating) · be лячэ́нне (medical care for an illness or injury) · ka თერაპია (medical care for an illness or injury) · sv behandling (medical care for an illness or injury) · sh tretman (process or manner of treating) · sl zdravljenje (medical care for an illness or injury) · de Behandlung (process or manner of treating) · pt tratamento (medical care for an illness or injury) · eo pritraktado (process or manner of treating) · ms layanan (process or manner of treating) · ko 치료 (medical care for an illness or injury) · fr traitement (medical care for an illness or injury) · it trattamento (process or manner of treating) · pt tratamento (preserving or giving particular properties) · ka მკურნალობა (medical care for an illness or injury) · el θεραπευτική αγωγή (medical care for an illness or injury) · an tractamiento (medical care for an illness or injury) · sh liječenje (medical care for an illness or injury)