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to treat

to treat

831 2.7
To give medical care to try to cure an illness or injury
  • verb
  • /trit/
translation icon : tratar (médicamente)
  • But how do we in our culture treat anorexia?
  • treat patients
  • diagnose and treat
  • treat with antibiotics

And I really didn't want to treat patients with addiction.

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Examples

  • The doctor will treat my condition with the latest medication available.

  • Doctors have this saying, you know, treat the patient, not just the disease.

  • This is where I treat patients and do my work.

  • City General will only treat people without insurance, so...

  • We've been trained to treat the broken thought first.

  • Neuropathic pain can be very difficult to treat, and not all patients achieve even partial relief.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Start a calcium channel blocker, as these are used to treat hypertension in the over 55s.

    Academic text (2015)
  • CAPNETZ is a multidisciplinary approach to better understand and treat patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Emergency responders are trained to treat injuries at accident scenes immediately.

  • Veterinarians treat sick animals to help them recover from illnesses.

Synonyms

to care for
vsto treat
347 1.0

Look after a sick or injured person and give them needed help

focuses on curing with medical attention rather than ongoing support
to medicate
vsto treat
30 5.1

Give medicine to a person or animal to treat an illness

is general medical care not limited to medicine
to doctor
vsto treat
4 3.2

To give medical help to someone

is broader, including care and attention aimed at curing

Antonyms

1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

Idioms

5 3.9

Give someone very special care and attention like a king or queen

1 2.7

To give someone something special as a reward

8.6

To act toward a woman without respect

Phrasal Verbs

Do something special for yourself as a reward or to relax

Compounds

17 2.1

Something you enjoy very much

trick or treat
  • Baby Talk
8 2.5

An activity where children go from house to house asking for sweets on Halloween

1 5.9

An occasion when each person pays for their own meal or drink

A small snack in the afternoon like tea and cookies

fishsicle treat
  • Baby Talk
7.7

A frozen snack shaped like a fish that children often eat

frogsicle treat
  • Baby Talk
9.4

A frozen sweet shaped like a frog that children eat

A soft, chewy candy that tastes like fruit

How Intensive

to operate
155 4.5
to hospitalize
  • US
87 3.9
to treat
831 2.7
to care for
347 1.0
first aid
61 2.0

Surface Forms

treat infinitive
treated past
treated past participle
treating present participle
treats third person singular

Etymology

Treat comes from an old word meaning 'to handle' or 'care for', from the same root tract as tractor. So to treat a patient is to 'handle' their illness with care and medical action to help them get better.