cold treatment
- noun
- /koʊld ˈtritmənt/
- Specialized
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tratamiento frío
- In contrast, cold treatment declined androgenic competence of anthers in pepper (Ciner and Tipirdamaz, 2002).
Examples
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Similar effects of cold treatment enhancing calli induction are reported in oilseed rape and broccoli (Gu et al., 2004; Yuan et al., 2011).
Academic text (2015) -
He claimed that by cold treatment (vernalization) he could transform winter wheat into spring wheat.
Academic text (1993) -
Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi Binalshib, and Mr. Bin Attash are identified by name in that section with descriptions of their cold treatment, but several other detainees wanted their names kept out of it, though they described their experiences.
Blog text (28) -
Cold treatment up to 48 hours showed maximum callus induction response, and further increases in the treatment time did not enhance callus induction, suggesting 48 hours as the optimal interval for low temperature treatment for BG anthers.
Academic text (2015) -
The athlete applied a cold treatment to his injured knee to help reduce swelling after the game.
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Doctors often recommend cold treatment for sprains to alleviate pain and inflammation.
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After the surgery, the nurse used a cold treatment to minimize the patient's discomfort and swelling.
Synonyms
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6.3
A treatment that uses very cold temperatures to reduce pain and swelling and help the body heal
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4.5
Lowering a person's body temperature for medical treatment
Antonyms
How Cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a therapeutic method involving application of cold' is directly and predictably derived from 'cold' (low temperature) modifying 'treatment' (medical care). This straightforward adjective + noun composition follows common compositional patterns (and parallels in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Cold treatment comes from the simple practice of putting something cold, like ice, snow or a cold pack, on a hurt part of the body as a treatment to reduce swelling and ease pain. So, 'cold treatment' today means 'a therapy that uses cold to reduce pain or swelling'.