INDEX:
1. treatment for an injury or illness
2. to give someone medical treatment
RELATED WORDS
to make someone unconscious by giving them a drug : ↑ UNCONSCIOUS (3)
see also
↑ DRUG
↑ HOSPITAL
↑ DOCTOR
↑ ILLNESS/DISEASE
↑ CURE
↑ RECOVER
↑ ILL/SICK
↑ MENTALLY ILL
↑ HURT/INJURE
↑ PAIN
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1. treatment for an injury or illness
▷ treatment /ˈtriːtmənt/ [countable/uncountable noun]
a medical method of curing someone who is ill or injured, for example by means of drugs or an operation :
treatment for
▪ Doctors are trying out a new treatment for depression.
treatment of
▪ Natural poisons such as snake venom are now being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders.
receive treatment
▪ He’s receiving treatment for cancer.
medical treatment
▪ They received medical treatment at the hospital after the assault.
course of treatment
▪ a course of treatment which should lead to an improvement in the patient’s condition
▷ therapy /ˈθerəpi/ [uncountable noun]
a series of treatments for a problem, especially a mental one, usually without drugs or operations :
▪ The therapy involves getting the patient to tell the doctor about their early childhood.
▪ This child is clearly very disturbed emotionally and may require long-term therapy.
be in therapy
▪ He’s been in therapy for years, but he’s still got a big self-esteem problem.
speech therapy
medical help to improve speech
▪ Will she need to have speech therapy?
physical therapy
▪ Don underwent months of physical therapy after the accident.
▷ medicine /ˈmeds ə nǁˈmedɪs ə n, ˈmeds ə nǁˈmedəs ə n/ [uncountable noun]
the science of understanding illness and injury, and the methods used for treating them :
▪ Jane is studying medicine.
▪ The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine.
alternative medicine also complementary medicine
British medical treatments based on ideas that are different from the ideas of Western scientific medicine
▪ So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?
conventional medicine
the usual form of medicine used in most Western countries, involving the use of drugs and operations
▪ Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
▷ operation /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃ ə nǁˌɑː-/ [countable noun]
if you have an operation, a doctor cuts into your body to remove or repair a part that is damaged :
have an operation
▪ The doctor says I must have an operation.
operation on
▪ I had an operation on my knee last year.
carry out/perform an operation
▪ Ask the surgeon how many times he has performed the operation before, and with what success.
▷ surgery /ˈsɜːʳdʒ ə ri/ [uncountable noun]
treatment by doctors in which they cut into someone’s body to remove or repair a part that is damaged :
▪ She needed emergency surgery after the accident.
surgery on
▪ He’s currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.
surgery for
▪ Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.
have/undergo surgery
▪ Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.
major/minor surgery
a serious/not very serious operation
▪ an injury requiring major surgery
knee/abdominal/heart etc surgery
▪ patients on the waiting list for heart surgery
▷ injection /ɪnˈdʒekʃ ə n/ [countable noun]
when a doctor or nurse gives someone a drug using a special needle :
have an injection
▪ I hate having injections.
give somebody an injection
▪ Mrs. Wilson, I’m going to give you an injection to help you relax.
▷ jab British /shot American /dʒæb, ʃɒtǁʃɑːt/ [countable noun] informal
an injection :
▪ a typhoid jab
get a jab/shot
▪ The kids have to get their shots before they go to school.
2. to give someone medical treatment
▷ treat /triːt/ [transitive verb]
to try to make someone better when they are ill or injured, for example by giving them drugs or hospital care :
treat somebody for something
▪ Doctors are treating him for cancer.
treat something with something
▪ Many common infections can be treated with antibiotics.
▷ operate /ˈɒpəreɪtǁˈɑː-/ [intransitive verb]
if a doctor operates on someone, he or she cuts them open in order to remove or repair a part of their body that is damaged :
▪ The doctor says they’ll have to operate straightaway, before the cancer spreads.
operate on
▪ It can be risky to operate on very old people.
▪ They had to operate on my arm because it was broken in two places.