treat·ment (tr?t?m?nt)n.1. a. The act, manner, or method of handling or dealing with someone or something: “the right to equal treatment in the criminal and juvenile justice system” (Susan C. Ross).b. Informal The usual methods of dealing with a given situation: gave the opposing team the treatment.2. a. The use of an agent, procedure, or regimen, such as a drug, surgery, or exercise, in an attempt to cure or mitigate a disease, condition, or injury.b. The agent, procedure, or regimen so used.3. a. A written sketch outlining the plot, characters, and action for a screenplay but not including certain elements of a finished screenplay, such as camera directions and dialogue.b. An adaptation of a novel or other literary work that serves as the basis for a screenplay.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.treatment (?tri?tm?nt) n1. (Medicine) the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc, to a patient or to a disease or symptom2. the manner of handling or dealing with a person or thing, as in a literary or artistic work3. the act, practice, or manner of treating4. (Film) films an expansion of a script into sequence form, indicating camera angles, dialogue, etc5. the treatment slang the usual manner of dealing with a particular type of person (esp in the phrase give someone the (full) treatment)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014treat?ment (?trit m?nt) n. 1. the application of medicines, surgery, therapy, etc., in treating a disease or disorder. 2. a substance, procedure, or course of such substances or procedures used in treating medically. 3. literary or artistic handling. 4. subjection to some agent or action. [1550?60] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.