Definition of care for Care for
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| care for - be fond of; be attached to | ||
| cherish, hold dear, treasure | ||
| love have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" | ||
| yearn have affection for; feel tenderness for | ||
| care for - have a liking, fondness, or taste (for) | ||
| like feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?" | ||
| care for - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" | ||
| treat | ||
| hyperventilate breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate" | ||
| massage give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back" | ||
| purge excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" | ||
| correct treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" | ||
| insufflate blow or breathe hard on or into | ||
| detox, detoxify treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" | ||
| irrigate supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound" | ||
| iodise, iodize treat with iodine so as to prevent infection; "iodize a wound" | ||
| doctor give medical treatment to | ||
| vet provide veterinary care for | ||
| nurse try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" | ||
| manipulate treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed | ||
| dispense, administer grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task" | ||
| remedy, relieve provide relief for; "remedy his illness" | ||
| dress arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" | ||
| splint support with a splint; "splint a broken finger" | ||
| operate on, operate perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" | ||
| medicine, medicate treat medicinally, treat with medicine | ||
| leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, bleed draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" | ||
| cup, transfuse treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | ||
| shock subject to electrical shocks | ||
| pack treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" | ||
| cauterise, cauterize, burn burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" | ||
| psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, analyse, analyze subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" | ||
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care for
To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to. -
care for
To keep under careful scrutiny.
