posttreatment

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adjective

Following treatment.

OriginEnglish treatment ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectiveposttreatment (not comparable)

alternative post-treatment

  1. not comparableFollowing treatment.
nounposttreatment (countable and uncountable, plural posttreatments)

plural posttreatments · alternative post-treatment

  1. countableuncountableA treatment carried out after some earlier process.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishtreatment
  8. Englishposttreatment

From post- + treatment.

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APA

posttreatment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttreatment

MLA

“posttreatment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttreatment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “posttreatment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttreatment.

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