Definitions for treatment
ˈtrit mənttreat·ment

Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. treatment, intervention(noun)

   care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

2. treatment, handling(noun)

   the management of someone or something

   "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"

3. treatment(noun)

   a manner of dealing with something artistically

   "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"

4. discussion, treatment, discourse(noun)

   an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

   "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. treatment(Noun)

   The process or manner of treating someone or something.

2. treatment(Noun)

   Medical care for an illness or injury.

3. treatment(Noun)

   The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.

4. treatment(Noun)

   A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Treatment(noun)

   the act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment

2. Treatment(noun)

   entertainment; treat

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treatment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #785

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treatment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2046

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'treatment' in Nouns Frequency: #326

How to pronounce treatment?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say treatment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of treatment in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of treatment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of treatment in a Sentence

1. Scott Sullivan:

   Miscarriages are really wrenching experiences for women and their families. It's important that women who are facing miscarriage or who have had a miscarriage talk to their doctors and discuss possible treatment and prevention efforts.

2. John Fluke:

   This is really complex and what is needed is some considerable effort to use surveillance data in targeted ways to help determine what prevention and treatment approaches are most effective for specific populations.

3. Jill Beck:

   Curability is the chance that a child will be cured of their cancer with the current treatment, prognosis is very similar to curability, although looks at the chance of survival as opposed to cure. Some children may be cured of their cancer, but still not survive due to complications of the therapy.

4. United States:

   That's correct, we have been exporting for clinical trials and for compassionate use, thousands of treatment courses. And our collaboration with the government has been such that we've been very transparent with them here in the United States, and we have a good relationship on future allocation.

5. El Moussa:

   I’ve always lived my life with the belief that with hard work and determination, anything is possible. I also believe that in order to succeed, you have to be willing to accept that failure is most definitely part of the journey. While failure may be difficult, it should also be viewed as a motivator because failure is absolutely necessary to succeed, the experience of dealing with cancer treatment made me realize that nothing is more important than my family. I also made a commitment that one day, when I was in a position to help others, I would do so. I feel that my purpose is to give back, lend a hand and really help others.

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