English Explanatory Dictionary

treatment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process or manner of treating someone or something.
  2. Medical care for an illness or injury.
  3. The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
  4. A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
  5. A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
  6. entertainment; treat
  7. harsh punishment; retribution

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹiːtmənt/ en-us-treatment.ogg

Word forms

treatment treatments

Etymology

From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement.

Synonyms

course

Related words

treat

Derived words

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