treatment
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treatment
- /ˈtɹiːtmənt/
Where it comes from
From treat + -ment. Compare French traitement.
noun treatments
- The process or manner of treating someone or something. He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors.
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Medical care for an illness or injury.
A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.
Similar: course
- The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
- 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.
- A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
- entertainment; treat Accept such treatment as a swain affords.
- harsh punishment; retribution He’s been a naughty boy, so give him a good treatment.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: handling, discourse, discussion, treating, treated, therapeutic, hospital, medical, hospitalization, medication, dosing, therapeutics, prescription, medicine, healing, drug
Translations
Every language
noun process or manner of treating
| Español | trato |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대우 dae'u, 처리 cheori |
| 日本語 | 処理 shori |
| 中文 | 處理 /处理 chǔlǐ |
| हिन्दी | उपचार upcār, चिकित्सा cikitsā |
| Português | tratamento |
| Français | traitement |
| Deutsch | Behandeln, Behandlung, Umgang |
| Italiano | trattamento |
| Ελληνικά | μεταχείριση metacheírisi, συμπεριφορά symperiforá, αντιμετώπιση antimetópisi |
| Română | tratament |
| Русский | обраще́ние obraščénije, обхожде́ние obxoždénije |
| العربية | مُعَامَلَة muʕāmala |
noun medical care for an illness or injury
| Español | tratamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 치료 chiryo |
| 日本語 | 治療 chiryō |
| 中文 | 治療 /治疗 zhìliáo |
| हिन्दी | उपचार upcār, इलाज ilāj, चिकित्सा cikitsā |
| Kiswahili | matibabu |
| Português | tratamento |
| Français | traitement |
| Deutsch | Behandlung |
| Italiano | trattamento, cura |
| Ελληνικά | αγωγή agogí, θεραπεία therapeía, θεραπευτική αγωγή therapeftikí agogí |
| Română | tratament |
| Русский | лече́ние lečénije, терапи́я terapíja |
| العربية | عِلَاج ʕilāj, مُعَالَجَة muʕālaja |
noun preserving or giving particular properties
| Español | tratamiento |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | प्रसंस्करण prasanskaraṇ |
| Português | tratamento |
| Français | traitement |
| Deutsch | Behandlung |
| Italiano | trattamento |
| Ελληνικά | επεξεργασία epexergasía, κατεργασία katergasía |
Talk about this word "treatment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/treatment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. treatment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/treatment "treatment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/treatment.Cite this
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title = {treatment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/treatment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
