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self-treatment

self-treatment noun: the action of attempting to cure one's own medical condition.

Noun

self-treatment (countable and uncountable, plural self-treatments)

  1. The action of attempting to cure one's own medical condition.
    Synonyms:
    autotherapy
  2. A method or substance intended to permit the user to cure their own medical condition.

Synonyms of self-treatment

Forms of self-treatment

pluralself-treatments

Origin of self-treatment

From self- + treatment.

Questions about self-treatment

What does self-treatment mean?
Self-treatment means the action of attempting to cure one's own medical condition.
What part of speech is self-treatment?
Self-treatment is a noun.
What is the plural of self-treatment?
The plural of self-treatment is self-treatments.

Words near self-treatment in the dictionary

  1. self-tormentor
  2. self-tormentors
  3. self-training
  4. self-trainings
  5. self-trapped
  6. self-treatment
  7. self-treatments
  8. self-trigger
  9. self-triggered
  10. self-triggering
  11. self-triggers

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