"overtreat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overtreats [present, singular, third-person], overtreating [participle, present], overtreated [participle, past], overtreated [past]
Etymology: From over- + treat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|treat|pos=verb}} over- + treat Head templates: {{en-verb}} overtreat (third-person singular simple present overtreats, present participle overtreating, simple past and past participle overtreated)
  1. (medicine, transitive) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects. Tags: transitive Derived forms: overtreatment Related terms: overkill Translations (to subject to excessive medical treatment): ylihoitaa (Finnish), túlkezel (Hungarian), leczyć nadmiernie [imperfective] (Polish)

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