- treatment
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)II(Roget's IV) n.1. [Usage]Syn. handling, processing, dealing, approach, execution, procedure, method, manner, proceeding, way, strategy, custom, habit, employment, practice, mode, modus operandi (Latin), line*, angle*.2. [Assistance toward a cure]Syn. operation, medical care, surgery, therapy, remedy, prescription, regimen, hospitalization, medication, nursing, doctoring*; see also medicine 2 .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.1. handling behavior towards, dealing, usage, processing, management, conduct toward, manner toward.2. medical care doctoring, nursing, prescription, remedy, medication, cure, therapy, therapeutics, regimen.IV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The systematic application of remedies to effect a cure: care, regimen, rehabilitation, therapy. Informal: rehab. See HEALTH, HELP.
English dictionary for students. 2013.