noun
1 way you treat sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ favourable/favorable , preferential , special , VIP
▪
She was given the VIP ~ after winning a gold medal.
▪ generous , lenient
▪ equal , fair
▪ good , humane
▪ sensitive , sympathetic
▪ discriminatory , poor , unequal , unfair , unjust
▪ brutal , cruel , degrading , harsh , inhuman , inhumane , rough
▪
He claims he suffered inhumane ~ at the hands of prison officers.
▪ shabby
▪
You shouldn't put up with such shabby ~.
VERB + TREATMENT
▪ get , have , receive , suffer
▪ deserve
▪
He had done nothing to deserve such cruel ~.
▪ give sb , mete out (to sb) ( esp. BrE )
▪
The ~ meted out to captured soldiers was harsh.
▪ accept , put up with
2 medical care
ADJECTIVE
▪ emergency , immediate , prompt , urgent ( esp. BrE )
▪ first-line ( AmE ), primary
▪ follow-up , further
▪ long-term
▪ effective , successful
▪ conventional , orthodox , recommended , standard
▪ experimental
▪ alternative , holistic , homeopathic
▪ hospital ( esp. BrE )
▪ inpatient , outpatient
▪ free , NHS ( in the UK )
▪ private ( esp. BrE )
▪ specialist ( BrE )
▪ clinical , dental , medical , psychiatric , veterinary ( esp. BrE )
▪ surgical
▪ non-surgical
▪ acupuncture , antibiotic , drug , hormone , laser , radiation , shock ( often figurative )
▪ addiction , cancer , fertility
▪
alcohol or drug addiction ~
▪ dietary
▪ beauty ( esp. BrE ), hair , spa
… OF TREATMENT
▪ course
VERB + TREATMENT
▪ get , have , receive , undergo
▪
She is still undergoing medical ~.
▪ administer , give sb , provide (sb with)
▪
paramedics trained in administering emergency ~
▪ be effective in , be used in
▪
a herbal drug that is used in the ~ of dizziness
▪ be approved for
▪
drugs approved for AIDS ~
▪ need , require
▪ seek
▪
When his depression worsened, he decided to seek ~.
▪ prescribe , recommend , suggest
▪ refuse
▪ begin , enter ( esp. AmE )
▪ complete
▪ discontinue
▪ benefit from , respond to
▪
He responded well to ~ and is now walking again.
TREATMENT + NOUN
▪ decision , option
▪ centre/center , room
▪ method , procedure , process , technique
▪ course , plan , programme/program , regime , regimen , schedule
▪ provider ( esp. AmE ), services
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
He's in ~ for cocaine addiction.
▪ ~ for
▪
She is receiving ~ for a heart condition.
3 process for cleaning/protecting sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ sewage , water
TREATMENT + NOUN
▪ facility , plant , works ( BrE )
4 discussion of a subject, work of art, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ exhaustive , systematic
▪ lengthy
▪ cursory , superficial
▪ philosophical , theoretical