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Treatment

TREE-tmuhnt

/ˈtriːtmʌnt/

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treatment

Dictionary meaning

Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury).

Examples

  • Their treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture.

Synonyms: intervention

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