"overtreat" meaning in All languages combined

See overtreat on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overtreats [present, singular, third-person], overtreating [participle, present], overtreated [participle, past], overtreated [past]
Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: overtreatment Related terms: overkill Translations (to subject to excessive medical treatment): ylihoitaa (Finnish), túlkezel (Hungarian), leczyć nadmiernie [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overtreat-en-verb-lqH~0Ltv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English verbs prefixed with over- Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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