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retreatment

retreatment noun: a treatment performed a second or subsequent time.

Noun

retreatment (countable and uncountable, plural retreatments)

  1. A treatment performed a second or subsequent time.
    • In Europe, when people have syphilis infection they are treated very aggressively and their medical history is flagged, McKenna said. She recommends similar treatments for primary syphilis, including aqueous penicillin, and retreatment and reevaluation for two years on a regular basis.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Forms of retreatment

pluralretreatments
alternative formre-treatment

Origin of retreatment

From re- + treatment, after retreat.

Questions about retreatment

What does retreatment mean?
Retreatment means a treatment performed a second or subsequent time.
What part of speech is retreatment?
Retreatment is a noun.
What is the plural of retreatment?
The plural of retreatment is retreatments.

Words near retreatment in the dictionary

  1. retreatism
  2. retreatist
  3. retreatists
  4. retreative
  5. retreatlike
  6. retreatment
  7. retreatments
  8. retreats
  9. retree
  10. retrees
  11. retrench

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