medical treatment
Cure for ailments
Medical treatment is any intervention intended to cure, alleviate, or manage illness or injury.
The term covers everything from prescription medications and surgery to physical therapy and radiation: The doctor recommended aggressive medical treatment for the tumor.
In legal and insurance contexts, medical treatment often specifically means care provided by licensed professionals, distinguishing it from first aid or home remedies.
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- organ transplantMoving tissue between bodies
- open heartEmotional receptiveness, unguarded
- blood transfusionInfusing donated cells intravenously
physical therapy · imaging · dialysis · appendectomy · pain management · biopsy · rehabilitation · genetic testing · herbal remedies · acupuncture · radiation therapy · surgery · spiritual counseling · pills · arthroscopy · root canal · IV · flu shot
- workers' compworkers' comp, injured worker, injury claim, workplace accident, disability benefits
- Chemical Warfarechemical weapons, poison gas, mustard gas, chlorine gas, phosgene
- drugsibuprofen, marijuana, aspirin, meth, cocaine
- donkeysdonkey, burro, jenny, jack, foal
- Marine Animal Carefeeding programs, tank maintenance, water quality, health monitoring, filtration systems
medical treatmentprevention
Stopping something before occurring
preventive care · prophylaxis · disease prevention · health maintenance · preventive medicine
medical treatmentmedical neglect
Failure to provide healthcare
watchful waiting · benign neglect · doing nothing · letting nature take its course · inaction
medical treatmentfaith healing
Treatment through religious practice
palliative care · quackery · hospice care · folk remedy · comfort care