treatment
/ˈtriːtmənt/ nounDefinition
MEDICAL [C, U] › something which you do to try to cure an illness or injury, especially something suggested or done by a doctor: She's receiving treatment for a lung infection.
DEAL WITH [U] › the way you deal with or behave towards someone or something: There have been complaints about the treatment of prisoners.
(Definition of treatment noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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