definition of
treatment

[1] #1 treatment n. [intervention] care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury). wn

[2] #2 treatment n. [handling] the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system". wn

[3] #3 treatment n. a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture". wn

[4] #4 treatment n. [discussion, discourse] an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased". wn