treatment Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
   intervention.
   
2. noun the management of someone or something
   handling.
   
   • the handling of prisoners
   • the treatment of water sewage
   • the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system
3. noun a manner of dealing with something artistically
   
   • his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture
4. noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
   discussion; discourse.
   
   • the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
   • his treatment of the race question is badly biased

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