Overtreat vs Overtread - What's the difference?
overtreat | overtread |
(medicine) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects
*{{quote-book, 2002, Anthony L. McCall, chapter=Insulin Therapy and Hypoglycemia, Insulin Therapy
, passage=Also, overtreated patients become more insulin-resistant, and this gradually reverses as insulin doses are reduced.}}
As verbs the difference between overtreat and overtread
is that overtreat is (medicine) to subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects while overtread is to tread over or upon.overtreat
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