treatment

[treet-muhnt]

noun

1. an act or manner of treating.

   Synonyms: approach, conduct, management, handling

2. action or behavior toward a person, animal, etc.

3. management in the application of medicines, surgery, etc.

4. literary or artistic handling, especially with reference to style.

5. subjection to some agent or action.

6. Movies, Television.,  a preliminary outline of a film or teleplay laying out the key scenes, characters, and locales.

treatment

/ ˈtriːtmənt /

noun

1. the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom

2. the manner of handling or dealing with a person or thing, as in a literary or artistic work

3. the act, practice, or manner of treating

4. films an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles, dialogue, etc

5. slang,  the usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the ( full ) treatment )

Other Word Forms

• nontreatment noun
• overtreatment noun
• posttreatment adjective
• self-treatment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of treatment¹

First recorded in 1550–60; treat + -ment

Idioms and Phrases

see red carpet (treatment).

Example Sentences

Yet despite decades of progress, this deeper understanding has not led to fully effective treatments.

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Plastic discs from a wastewater treatment works in Swansea have washed up in huge numbers across the city's beach as well as Gower and Neath Port Talbot.

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The intense blaze burned many victims beyond recognition, and the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

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She said the treatment and attitude of the officers she met that night meant she would never turn to the police in future.

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The trial was double-blind, meaning neither the patients nor their doctors knew who received the active treatment.

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Related Words

• analysis 
• cure 
• hospitalization 
• medication 
• medicine 
• operation 
• prescription 
• regimen 
• remedy 
• surgery 
• therapy