TREATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does treated mean? 

• TREATED (adjective)
  The adjective TREATED has 3 senses:

1. subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent

2. given medical care or treatment

3. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

  Familiarity information: TREATED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent

Context example:

treated fabrics resist wrinkling

Similar:

activated ((of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition)

aerated ((of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification)

burned; burnt (treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point)

doped (treated or impregnated with a foreign substance)

fumed ((of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes)

proofed (treated so as to become resistant)

Also:

processed (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process)

Antonym:

untreated (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Given medical care or treatment

Context example:

a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks

Similar:

bandaged; bound (covered or wrapped with a bandage)

dosed (treated with some kind of application)

dressed (treated with medications and protective covering)

Antonym:

untreated (not given medical care or treatment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

Synonyms:

hardened; tempered; toughened; treated

Context example:

tempered glass

Similar:

curable (capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent)

sunbaked (baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned)

 Context examples 

I have not treated her ungenerously, and she had no just cause of complaint against me, but you know what women are, Mr. Holmes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The treated samples are then analyzed using next-generation sequencing techniques.

(NOMe-Seq, NCI Thesaurus)

In the meantime you shall all be treated as my guests, and while you live in the Palace my people will wait upon you and obey your slightest wish.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

This type of cancer usually gets worse quickly if it is not treated.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Describes a condition that can be treated by surgery.

(Operable, NCI Dictionary)

If it is not treated, it can kill bone tissue.

(Osteomyelitis, NCI Dictionary)

But you are now of an age to be treated better; I think she is behaving better already; and when you are her only companion, you must be important to her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

If the blockage is not treated, the appendix can burst and spread infection into the abdomen.

(Appendicitis, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It is also being studied in the treatment of insomnia and fatigue in patients treated for cancer.

(Armodafinil, NCI Dictionary)

Others get better when an underlying disease is treated.

(Movement Disorders, NIH)