treatment

noun7

1. •
   The process or manner of treating someone or something.

   • He still has nightmares resulting from the abusive treatment he received from his captors.
2. •
   care given by doctors and nurses to someone who is sick or hurt, to make them well

   • 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.
3. •
   (euphemistic) harsh punishment; retribution

   • He’s been a naughty boy, so give him a good treatment.
   • Even if you supported the socialist regime, your class background often meant you were going to get the treatment regardless.
4. •
   The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
5. •
   A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.

   • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. — 1992
6. •
   A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
7. •
   (no longer used) entertainment; treat

   • Accept such treatment as a swain affords. — 1725