treatment

Noun
  1. Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) (synset 100659325)
    is a type of: aid, attention, care, tending - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • 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.
    has: curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
    same as: intervention
  2. The management of someone or something (synset 101137182)
    "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"
    is a type of: direction, management - the act of managing something
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: handling
  3. A manner of dealing with something artistically (synset 104937153)
    "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"
    is a type of: artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement
  4. An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic (synset 107152793)
    "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
    is a type of: communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
    subtypes:
    • detail - extended treatment of particulars
    • dilation - a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic
    • consideration - a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
    • talk - discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
    • elaboration, enlargement, expansion - a discussion that provides additional information
    same as: discourse, discussion

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