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Undertreatment vs Undertreat - What's the difference?

undertreatment | undertreat | Derived terms |

Undertreatment is a derived term of undertreat.


As a noun undertreatment

is insufficient treatment, often specifically medical treatment.

As a verb undertreat is

to treat insufficiently or not frequently enough.

undertreatment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Insufficient treatment, often specifically medical treatment
  • (interior decoration) A window treatment applied underneath an existing treatment

    • undertreat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat insufficiently or not frequently enough.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 10, author=Gardiner Harris, title=F.D.A. to Place New Limits On Prescriptions of Narcotics, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They are extremely effective in reducing pain, which many medical studies suggest is widely undertreated in patients suffering serious illness.}}

    Derived terms

    *undertreatment