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(trēt'mənt)
n.

1. 1. The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something: "the right to equal treatment in the criminal and juvenile justice system" (Susan C. Ross).
   2. Informal. The usual methods of dealing with a given situation: gave the opposing team the treatment.
2. 1. Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy.
   2. The substance or remedy so applied.
3. 1. A written sketch outlining the plot, characters, and action for a screenplay but not including certain elements of a finished screenplay, such as camera directions and dialogue.
   2. An adaptation of a novel or other literary work that serves as the basis for a screenplay.

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A term used in the context of an experimental design to refer to any prescribed combination of values of explanatory variables (see regression). In the original agricultural context a treatment was, for example, the application of a particular fertilizer. The term is particularly used in the context of balanced incomplete blocks, Latin squares, and randomized blocks. See also Friedman test.

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noun

The systematic application of remedies to effect a cure: care, regimen, rehabilitation, therapy. Informal rehab. See health/sickness, help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: medical care
Antonyms: harm, hurt, injury

IN BRIEF: Active care intended to relieve illness or injury.

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment. — Indian Proverb

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Quotes:

"Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others." - Sufism

"The way you see people is the way you treat them." - Zig Ziglar

noun
noun

the (full)treatment the most complete or elaborate way of dealing with something; also, rough or aggressive handling. Cf. the (whole) works at work noun. (1950 —) .
R. Hill I'm really getting the treatment, thought Pascoe. What does he expect from me? (1973).

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Management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or disorder.

• active t. — treatment directed immediately to the cure of the disease or injury.
• causal t. — treatment directed against the cause of a disease.
• conservative t. — treatment designed to avoid radical medical therapeutic measures or operative procedures.
• empirical t. — treatment by means that experience has proved to be beneficial.
• expectant t. — treatment directed toward relief of untoward clinical signs, leaving the cure of the disease to natural forces.
• palliative t. — treatment that is designed to relieve pain and distress, but does not attempt a cure.
• preventive t., prophylactic t. — that in which the aim is to prevent the occurrence of the disease.
• rational t. — that based upon knowledge of disease and the action of the remedies given.
• specific t. — treatment particularly adapted to the special disease being treated.
• supporting t. — that which is mainly directed to sustaining the strength of the patient.

n

The mode or course pursued for remedial ends.

For a list of words related to treatment, see:

• Procedures - treatment: systematic course of medical care prescribed for specific condition
• Cuts, Sizes, Treatments, and Forms of Wood - treatment: aging, drying, or seasoning done to improve quality of wood
• Movie People and Show Business - treatment: detailed outline of script not in screenplay form

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - behandling

idioms:

• the full treatment    den fulde behandling

Nederlands (Dutch)
behandeling, geneeswijze, bejegening

Français (French)
n. - (gén) traitement, analyse (d'une question), (Méd) traitement, soins, (Chim, Constr, Ind) traitement

idioms:

• the full treatment    sortir ou jouer le grand jeu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Behandlung

idioms:

• the full treatment    sehr gute od. sehr schlechte Behandlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεταχείριση, περιποίηση, συμπεριφορά, φέρσιμο, (ιατρ.) θεραπευτική αγωγή, κούρα, πραγμάτευση, προσέγγιση, αντιμετώπιση, επεξεργασία, κατεργασία

idioms:

• the full treatment    πλήρης περιποίηση

Italiano (Italian)
trattamento

idioms:

• the full treatment    il trattamento completo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - terapia (f), tratamento (m)

idioms:

• the full treatment    tratamento completo

Русский (Russian)
обращение/ обхождение с кем-л., освещение вопроса, трактовка, толкование, обработка темы/пищевых продуктов и т.д., разработка сюжета книги/киносценария, пропитывание материала чем-л.

idioms:

• the full treatment    полностью обработать, дать все кому-н. (ирон.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - tratamiento, cura, medicación, trato

idioms:

• the full treatment    ser atendido a cuerpo de rey, recibir una reprimenda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - behandling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
治疗, 处置, 待遇

idioms:

• the full treatment    全面的治疗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 治療, 處置, 待遇

idioms:

• the full treatment    全面的治療

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 처리 , 가공, 대접

idioms:

• the full treatment    완전가공

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 待遇, 処置, 論じ方, 治療, 治療法, 台本

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معالجه, معامله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפול, יחס, התנהגות, טיפול רפואי, טיפול בנושא ספרותי או אמנותי, טיפול ע"י גורם כימי, פיסי או ביולוגי, התייחסות לאדם או למצב‬

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