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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury);
[syn: treatment, intervention]

2. the management of someone or something;
- Example: "the handling of prisoners"
- Example: "the treatment of water sewage"
- Example: "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"
[syn: treatment, handling]

3. a manner of dealing with something artistically;
- Example: "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"

4. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic;
- Example: "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"
- Example: "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
[syn: discussion, treatment, discourse]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Treatment \Treat"ment\, n. [Cf. F. traitement. See Treat.]
   1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation;
      handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.
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   2. Entertainment; treat. [Obs.]
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            Accept such treatment as a swain affords. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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