receive medical treatment

/rɪˈsiːv ˈmedɪkəl ˈtriːtmənt/

verb phrase

  1. to be given medical care by doctors, nurses, or other healthcare professionals for an illness or injury

    B1

    receive + uncountable noun

    • "She received medical treatment for her broken arm."B1
    • "The patient was taken to hospital to receive medical treatment."B2
    • "She received medical treatment for her chronic condition over several months."B2
    • "People exposed to the substance should receive immediate medical treatment, even if no symptoms appear."C1

Common mistakes

  • receive a medical treatment→receive medical treatment

    Treatment is usually uncountable when referring to medical care in general.

Collocations

receive immediate medical treatmentreceive treatment for an illnessreceive hospital treatmentreceive medical treatment at a hospitalreceive medical treatment from a specialistreceive emergency medical treatment

Word family

receivetreatmenttreatmedical