| has gloss | (noun) professional treatment for illness or injury
medical care, medical aid |
| lexicalization | eng: medical aid |
| lexicalization | eng: medical care |
| subclass of | (noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
intervention, treatment |
| has subclass | (noun) the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)
primary care |
| has subclass | (noun) care and treatment of a convalescent patient
aftercare |
| has subclass | (noun) placing in medical care in a hospital
hospital care, hospitalization, hospitalisation |
| has subclass | (noun) (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"
therapy |
| has subclass | (noun) care by a skilled nurse
nursing care |
| has subclass | (noun) (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
irrigation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of applying a bandage
bandaging, dressing, binding |
| has subclass | (noun) medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors; "holistic medicine treats the mind as well as the body"
holistic medicine |
| has subclass | (noun) a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill
hospice |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"
shot, injection |
| has subclass | (noun) formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
bloodletting |
| has subclass | (noun) treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
defibrillation |
| has subclass | (noun) treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)
detoxification |
| has subclass | (noun) treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms
disinfection |
| has subclass | (noun) the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders
digitalisation, digitalization |
| has subclass | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood
anticoagulation |
| has subclass | (noun) the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
allopathy |
| has subclass | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
homeopathy, homoeopathy |
| has subclass | (noun) close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions
intensive care |