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Definition of Overtreating
1. overtreat [v] - See also: overtreat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtreating
Literary usage of Overtreating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"(2) Bleaching with nitrogen peroxide does not increase the acidity of flours,
while overtreating them with the same agent does. ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"... by sliding the skin about, to deliver several doses directly over the organ
under treatment without overtreating any section of the skin. ..."
3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1913)
"... and, in accordance with the established fact that an odor tasted is more
intense than an odor smelled, unusual care must be taken to avoid overtreating; ..."
4. Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study Outlines by John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert (1922)
"(Many members of my craft, I gather, are far from agreeing with me, but I have
always held overtreating the minor disservice.) . . . There was the danger of ..."
5. Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study Outlines by John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert (1922)
"... but I have always held overtreating the minor disservice.) . . . There was
the danger of the noted "thinness"—which was to be averted, tooth and nail, ..."
6. Lectures on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Charles West (1874)
"Treatment of first and second stages —utility of hydrocyanic acid—of
counter-irritation—of attention to temperature —danger of overtreating the bronchitis ..."
7. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1909)
"Thus we obtain the fullest effect from the measures available, without overtreating,
and arc at the same time guarded against the administration of improper ..."
8. Handbook of Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data: Giving Shipping Weights by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1918)
"Heater now washed out every 2 or 3 weeks (previously it was cleaned weekly).
Very little deposit found. What little is found probably caused by overtreating ..."
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