treatment
[noun]
Synonyms:
- care, cure, healing, medication, medicine, remedy, surgery, therapy
- handling, action, behaviour, conduct, dealing, management, manipulation

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treat‧ment S2 W1 /ˈtriːtmənt/ noun
[Word Family: noun: treat, treatment, mistreatment; verb: treat, mistreat; adjective: untreated, treatable]

1. MEDICAL [uncountable and countable] something that is done to cure someone who is injured or ill ⇒ treat
treatment of/for
There have been great advances in the treatment of cancer.
The best treatment for a cold is to rest and drink lots of fluids.

2. BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS SOMEBODY [uncountable] a particular way of behaving towards someone or of dealing with them ⇒ treat
treatment of
Civil rights groups have complained about the harsh treatment of prisoners.
special/preferential treatment (=when one person is treated better than another)
The two young princes were not singled out for special treatment at school.
Just lately, Kyra has been giving me the silent treatment (=refusing to speak to me because she is angry with me).

3. OF A SUBJECT [uncountable and countable] a particular way of dealing with or talking about a subject ⇒ treat:
I didn’t think the film gave the issue serious treatment.

4. CLEAN/PROTECT [uncountable and countable] a process by which something is cleaned, protected etc ⇒ treat
treatment of
the treatment of polluted rivers

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

treatment
noun
I. way you behave towards sb/deal with sth
ADJ. favourable, preferential, special, VIP She was given the VIP treatment after winning gold for her country at the Sydney Olympics.
generous, lenient | equal, fair | good, humane | sensitive, sympathetic | discriminatory, unequal, unfair, unjust, unkind | brutal, cruel, degrading, harsh, ill-, inhuman, inhumane, rough, violent He claims he suffered ill-treatment at the hands of prison officers.
shabby You shouldn't put up with such shabby treatment.
VERB + TREATMENT get, have, receive, suffer | deserve He had done nothing to deserve such cruel treatment.
give sb, mete out (to sb) The treatment meted out to captured soldiers was harsh.
put up with

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treatment
II. medical care
ADJ. emergency, immediate, on-the-spot, prompt, urgent | follow-up, further | long-term | effective, successful | conventional, orthodox | alternative, holistic, homoeopathic | hospital | inpatient, outpatient | free, NHS | private | specialist | dental, medical, psychiatric, veterinary | drug, hormone | operative, surgical | non-operative, non-surgical | laser | dietary, nutritional | beauty, hair
QUANT. course
VERB + TREATMENT get, have, receive, undergo She is still undergoing medical treatment.
administer, give sb, provide (sb with) Paramedics are to have extra training in administering on-the-spot treatment.
need, require | seek When his depression worsened, he decided to seek treatment.
advise, prescribe, recommend, suggest | refuse | benefit from, respond to He responded well to treatment and is now walking again.
TREATMENT + NOUN decision, option | centre, room | method, procedure, technique | course, plan, programme, regime, regimen, schedule
PREP. in ~ He's in treatment for cocaine addiction.
~ for She is receiving treatment for a heart condition.

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treatment
III. process for cleaning/protecting sth
ADJ. sewage, surface, water Galvanizing is a common surface treatment for steel.
TREATMENT + NOUN facility, plant, works

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treatment
IV. discussion of a subject, work of art, etc.
ADJ. definitive, exhaustive, systematic | lengthy | cursory, superficial | philosophical, theoretical

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treatment

give somebody treatment
He was given treatment at a local hospital.
provide/administer treatment (=give someone treatment)
Paramedics are trained to administer on-the-spot treatment to patients.
get/have/receive treatment
Two boys received treatment for gunshot wounds.
undergo treatment (=have it)
A few years earlier she'd undergone fertility treatment.
need/require treatment
All three were beaten so badly that they needed hospital treatment.
respond to treatment (=become better when given treatment)
He contracted a lung infection which did not respond to treatment.
effective
The drug may prove to be an effective treatment for brain tumours.
medical treatment
Every patient has a right to refuse medical treatment.
hospital treatment
Several people needed hospital treatment for burns.
emergency treatment
The driver needed emergency treatment.
dental treatment
You may be entitled to free dental treatment.
cancer treatment
She began to investigate alternative cancer treatments.
fertility/infertility treatment (=treatment to help someone who is unable to have children)
Mrs Smith received fertility treatment using donor eggs.
psychiatric treatment
He underwent psychiatric treatment after an episode of severe depression.
laser treatment (=treatment done with a laser)
Laser treatment can be technically difficult.
alternative treatments (=treatments that are not part of normal scientific medicine)
She found out all she could about alternative cancer treatments.

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