Health / B1

TREETM-uh-nt/ˈtriːtmənt/

Treatment is medical care, or the way someone is dealt with (often uncountable). Treat is already in the dictionary. Care is wider; a therapy is one kind of treatment. Consent: treatment starts after the form, not after the leaflet.

Meaning

Medical care, or the way someone is dealt with (often uncountable).

Examples

• “Treatment starts after the consent form, not after the leaflet.”
• “Fair treatment in the disciplinary is the “how people are dealt with” sense.”

Good to know

Often uncountable. medical treatment; treatment for + illness. Verb: treat. Related: a clinic. NHS / HR (equal treatment). Countable for types (a new treatment).

Near in meaning

care

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