OVERTREAT

Etymology

Verb

overtreat (third-person singular simple present overtreats, present participle overtreating, simple past and past participle overtreated)

(medicine, transitive) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects.

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Word of the Day

27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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