| has gloss | (verb) provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
care for, treat |
| lexicalization | eng: care for |
| lexicalization | eng: treat |
| has subclass | (verb) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"
pack |
| has subclass | (verb) produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient"
hyperventilate |
| has subclass | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
cauterize, cauterise, burn |
| has subclass | (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
psychoanalyze, analyze, analyse, psychoanalyse |
| has subclass | (verb) give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"
massage |
| has subclass | (verb) excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
purge |
| has subclass | (verb) treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
correct |
| has subclass | (verb) treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
insufflate |
| has subclass | (verb) treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic"
detoxify, detox |
| has subclass | (verb) supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
irrigate |
| has subclass | (verb) treat with iodine so as to prevent infection; "iodize a wound"
iodise, iodize |
| has subclass | (verb) give medical treatment to
doctor |
| has subclass | (verb) provide (a person) with medical care
vet |
| has subclass | (verb) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"
nurse |
| has subclass | (verb) treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
manipulate |
| has subclass | (verb) give or apply (medications)
administer, dispense |
| has subclass | (verb) provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
remedy, relieve |
| has subclass | (verb) apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"
dress |
| has subclass | (verb) support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
splint |
| has subclass | (verb) perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
operate on, operate |
| has subclass | (verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine
medicine, medicate |
| has subclass | (verb) draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
phlebotomise, phlebotomize, leech, bleed |
| has subclass | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
transfuse, cup |
| has subclass | (verb) subject to electrical shocks
shock |