treatment
/ˈtɹiːtmənt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors."
- "A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started."
- "Cancer survivors who got radiation treatments as children have nearly twice the risk of developing diabetes as adults."
- "The change is due largely to the increased availability of antiretroviral treatment."
- "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants."
- "Accept such treatment as a swain affords."