Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Treatment of oneself without professional supervision to alleviate an illness or condition.
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- noun medicine The action of attempting to
cure one's ownmedical condition . - noun medicine A
method orsubstance intended to permit the user to cure their own medical condition.
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Examples
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Fourth, if all that drove him was an urge to empty his prostate—and with sixteen-year-old boys that is usually what it amounts to—he had the ancient option of self-treatment.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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So I'm giving myself a week of self-treatment to fix it.
I tell you this to keep myself honest. feste_sylvain 2009
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Fourth, if all that drove him was an urge to empty his prostate—and with sixteen-year-old boys that is usually what it amounts to—he had the ancient option of self-treatment.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Fourth, if all that drove him was an urge to empty his prostate—and with sixteen-year-old boys that is usually what it amounts to—he had the ancient option of self-treatment.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Fourth, if all that drove him was an urge to empty his prostate—and with sixteen-year-old boys that is usually what it amounts to—he had the ancient option of self-treatment.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In addition, the system has been designed to allow for a certain amount of self-treatment without a doctor's guidance.
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Compounding Joe's struggle is a run-in with his bookie, Manfro Jon Manfrellotti, who's also now his neighbor, and Joe's own method of self-treatment.
Men of a Certain Age Preview: Midlife Goes On with New Challenges 2010
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In addition, the system has been designed to allow for a certain amount of self-treatment without a doctor's guidance.
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After nearly two months of unsuccessful medical treatment, Josie was finally able to kick the infection in less than one weeks time, once she resorted to self-treatment with a combination of grapefruit seed extract (from the health food store) and large quantities of homemade antibiotic colloidal silver solution (roughly one quart a day).
Matthew Stein: When a Superbug Strikes Close to Home, How Can You Deal With it? 2009
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But you could employ some kind of exploratory self-treatment.
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