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treated Definition

• (a) subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling"
• (a) given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks"
• (a) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
• (s) (of a specimen for study under a microscope) treated with a reagent or dye that colors only certain structures

treated Synonyms

• hardened
• tempered
• toughened
• treated