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treatment

Dictionary definition · treatment

noun

  1. care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
  2. the management of someone or something"the handling of prisoners"
  3. a manner of dealing with something artistically"his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"
  4. (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)"the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"
  5. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic"the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).