initial treatment

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandtreatment

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withtreatment.
initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
See more atinitial
treatment
noun
uk
/ˈtriːt.mənt/
us
/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
See more attreatment

(Definition ofinitialandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial treatment

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Factors that contribute to delay in theinitialtreatmentof psychosis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Initialtreatmentshould usually be conservative and surgery reserved for when this treatment fails.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Depression in old age frequently fails to respond toinitialtreatment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Whereas dissonances were previously avoided in theinitialtreatment, they are now omnipresent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theinitialtreatmentplan calculations are verified independently through a primary and a secondary check, performed by different staff categories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Patients over 60 years are at significant risk of neurotoxicity and, therefore, should probably receive chemotherapy alone asinitialtreatment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Initialtreatmentis with steroids; other immune modifying drugs such as cyclophosphamide may be added, depending on response.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Access to secondary specialist referral immediately or due to failure ofinitialtreatmentand management should be available.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We have made concessions oninitialtreatment.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They cover theinitialtreatmentand storage allowable.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All external beam treatments in this centre undergo a primary and a secondary check prior to, or in conjunction with, theinitialtreatmentfraction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Althoughinitialtreatmenteffects were evident, no differences between treated and untreated children were found by 2-year posttreatment follow-up.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This description will enable the reader to be able to follow every patient from theinitialtreatmentto the end of the study period.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This means thatinitialtreatmentusually needs to be the construction of a systemic-pulmonary arterial shunt, which is usually required in very early life.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Survival and life-quality gains are also described after a second series of treatments when the effects ofinitialtreatmentare insufficient.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Patients with persistent (initialtreatmentineffective) or recurrent symptoms during the time period were considered symptomatic failures, independent of the outcome of subsequent therapies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Positive effects from chemotherapy are also documented for a second series of palliative treatments when the effects ofinitialtreatmentare insufficient.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The high ratio of near misses per actual error demonstrates an effective error prevention system, independent of the quality of theinitialtreatmentpreparation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The purpose of the present study was to investigate long-term outcome and prognosis in an anorexic sample 21 years after theinitialtreatment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No correlation could be found and therefore no conclusions drawn as to why theinitialtreatmentfailed to control tumour growth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To prevent a thrombus from becoming larger,initialtreatmentinvolves injection of anticoagulants, that is, unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The authors concluded that lamotrigine could be regarded as an acceptable choice ofinitialtreatment for elderly patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Patients with a diagnosis of critical pulmonary stenosis were excluded from the study, mainly on the basis of their present suitability forinitialtreatmentby interventional catheterization techniques.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofinitial
Go to the definition oftreatment
See other collocations withtreatment