to treated for
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3.2
- phrasal verb
- About one in five people who are treated for AC difficile infections actually experience a recurrence.
- treated for depression
- patients treated for
- treated for hypertension
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Watch on YouTubeBut the thing that was most noteworthy to him was that, as we all know, when you're treated for cancer, you're being poisoned.
- But the thing that was most noteworthy to him was that, as we all know, when you're treated for cancer, you're being poisoned.
- Well, I learned first hand recently when I met with a woman from the Central Valley who's being treated here for ovarian cancer.
- And so part of the that year long course is yes, it's de radicalizing these men, but it's also treating them for PTSD from Guantanamo.
- Willow tree bark was used to treat pain and fevers for thousands of years and became the basis for this popular over the counter drug.
- And then they treated me for exhaustion for three weeks after that film.
- So fiber has profound benefits in terms of preventing cancers and simultaneously after people have been treated for cancer or during treatment.
- One day they treated her for you know, you know, for infection with, with, with lots of fluid, etcetera.
Examples
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All patients had been treated and closely followed for more than six months.
Academic text (1998) -
'...will be tested and treated for the virus.
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These were people that were being treated for cancer.
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What were you being treated for?
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The lieutenant was treated for minor wounds at the hospital and released.
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A 16-year-old boy registered with your practice is being treated for depression.
Academic text (2012) -
I was treated for syphilis in May of 1931.
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James Connolly is still in the Red Cross Hospital in Dublin Castle, being treated for his wounds.
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Taken to the hospital, the Maddoxes were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and released.
Fiction book (1999) -
The doctor said he would need to be treated for his diabetes after the diagnosis.
Synonyms
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5.1
Give medicine to a person or animal to treat an illness
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7.0
Something that has a substance such as oil or pesticide added to it
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2.3
Receiving medical care to help a person get better
Antonyms
How Treated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'received medical care for a condition' is directly compositional: 'treat' means to give medical attention and 'for' marks the reason/condition, so 'treated for X' literally means receiving treatment because of X. This is a common verb+preposition pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.
Etymology
The phrase treated for comes from the simple image of giving care or using something to fix a problem: a doctor gives medicine when a patient is treated for an illness, or a gardener sprays plants when they are treated for pests. That's why treated for means 'received care or action to get rid of a disease or problem'.