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treatment

treatment [ trtmənt ] (plural treatments)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. provision of medical care: the application of medical care to cure disease, heal injuries, or ease symptoms

2. medical remedy: a remedy, procedure, or technique for curing or alleviating a disease, injury, or condition
a new treatment for asthma

3. way of handling somebody or something: the particular way in which somebody or something is dealt with or handled
had pretty rough treatment

4. treating of something with agent: an act of subjecting something to a physical, chemical, or biological process or agent

5. usual actions taken: the usual way of dealing with a person or situation ( informal )
As guests of the government we got the full VIP treatment.

6. cinema schematic version of film: a schematic version of a film script, generally without dialogue and individual shots, indicating how the story is to be dealt with in a screenplay

7. arts presentation of subject: the way of presenting or handling a subject, especially in art or literature

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