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undertreatment

undertreatment noun: insufficient treatment, often specifically medical treatment.

Noun

undertreatment (countable and uncountable, plural undertreatments)

  1. Insufficient treatment, often specifically medical treatment
  2. (interior decoration) A window treatment applied underneath an existing treatment

Forms of undertreatment

pluralundertreatments

Origin of undertreatment

From under- + treatment or undertreat + -ment.

Questions about undertreatment

What does undertreatment mean?
Undertreatment means insufficient treatment, often specifically medical treatment.
What part of speech is undertreatment?
Undertreatment is a noun.
What is the plural of undertreatment?
The plural of undertreatment is undertreatments.

Words near undertreatment in the dictionary

  1. undertreasurer
  2. undertreasurers
  3. undertreat
  4. undertreated
  5. undertreating
  6. undertreatment
  7. undertreatments
  8. undertreats
  9. undertriage
  10. undertriaged
  11. undertriages

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