| treatment | | |
| n. (act) | 1. intervention, treatment | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury). |
| ~ care, tending, attention, aid | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something.; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" |
| ~ medical aid, medical care | professional treatment for illness or injury. |
| ~ massage | kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation. |
| ~ modality | a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment. |
| ~ detoxification | a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances. |
| ~ chiropractic | a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure. |
| ~ fomentation | application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation. |
| ~ naturopathy | a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process. |
| ~ naprapathy | a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues. |
| ~ orthodontic treatment | dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy; treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids.; "orthodontic treatment of facial abnormalities" |
| ~ orthoptics | treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles). |
| ~ osteopathy | therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. |
| ~ osteoclasis | treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone. |
| ~ acupuncture, stylostixis | treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin. |
| ~ acupressure, g-jo, shiatsu | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body. |
| ~ autogenic therapy, autogenic training, autogenics | training patients in self-induced relaxation. |
| ~ hydropathy, hydrotherapy | the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease. |
| ~ rest-cure | rest as a medical treatment for stress or anxiety etc.. |
| ~ curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. |
| n. (act) | 2. handling, treatment | 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" |
| ~ management, direction | the act of managing something.; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" |
| ~ bioremediation | the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances. |
| ~ dealing | method or manner of conduct in relation to others.; "honest dealing" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. treatment | a manner of dealing with something artistically.; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture" |
| ~ artistic style, idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement.; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" |
| n. (communication) | 4. discourse, discussion, treatment | 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" |
| ~ communicating, communication | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" |
| ~ detail | extended treatment of particulars.; "the essay contained too much detail" |
| ~ dilation | a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic. |
| ~ consideration | a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting).; "consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour" |
| ~ talk | discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of').; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger" |
| ~ elaboration, enlargement, expansion | a discussion that provides additional information. |
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