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treat·ment  (trtmnt)

n.

1.

a. The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something: "the right to equal treatment in the criminal and juvenile justice system" Susan C. Ross.

b. Informal The usual methods of dealing with a given situation: gave the opposing team the treatment.

2.

a. Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy.

b. The substance or remedy so applied.

3.

a. A written sketch outlining the plot, characters, and action for a screenplay but not including certain elements of a finished screenplay, such as camera directions and dialogue.

b. An adaptation of a novel or other literary work that serves as the basis for a screenplay.

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treatment

Noun

1. the medical or surgical care given to a patient

2. a way of handling a person or thing: the party has had unfair treatment in the press

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	treatment - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) intervention care, tending, attention, aid - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury massage - kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation modality - a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment detoxification - a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances chiropractic - a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure fomentation - application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation naturopathy - a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process naprapathy - a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues orthodontic treatment - dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy; treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids; "orthodontic treatment of facial abnormalities" orthoptics - treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles) osteopathy - therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles osteoclasis - treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone acupuncture, stylostixis - treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body autogenic therapy, autogenic training, autogenics - training patients in self-induced relaxation hydropathy, hydrotherapy - the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease rest-cure - rest as a medical treatment for stress or anxiety etc. curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
	2.	treatment - the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" handling management, direction - the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" bioremediation - the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances dealing - method or manner of conduct in relation to others; "honest dealing"
	3.	treatment - a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture" artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
	4.	treatment - an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" discussion, discourse communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" detail - extended treatment of particulars; "the essay contained too much detail" dilation - a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic consideration - a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting); "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour" talk - discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger" elaboration, enlargement, expansion - a discussion that provides additional information

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treatment

noun 1. care, medical care, nursing, medicine, surgery, therapy, healing, medication, therapeutics, ministrations

noun 2. cure, remedy, medication, medicine

noun 3. (often with of) handling, dealings with, behaviour towards, conduct towards, management, reception, usage, manipulation, action towards

Translations

treatment [ˈtriːtmənt] n → tratamiento;

to have treatment for sth → recibir tratamiento por algo

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treatment [ˈtriːtmənt] treat n → traitement m;

to have treatment for sth (Med) → suivre un traitement pour qch

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treatment [ˈtriːtmənt] n → Behandlung f;

to have treatment for sth → wegen etw in Behandlung sein

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treatment [ˈtriːtmənt] n → trattamento;

to have treatment for sth (MED) → farsi curare qc