Terms vs Overtreat - What's the difference?

As a noun terms

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

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(en verb)

(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 citation

, passage=Also, overtreated patients become more insulin-resistant, and this gradually reverses as insulin doses are reduced.}}

*overtreatment