self-treatment

English

Etymology

self- +‎ treatment

Noun

self-treatment (countable and uncountable, plural self-treatments)

  1. (medicine) The action of attempting to cure one's own medical condition.
    Synonym: autotherapy
    Hyponym: self-medication
  2. (medicine) A method or substance intended to permit the user to cure their own medical condition.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.