Main entry: intervention, treatment
Definition: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
Main entry: intervention
Definition: (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
Usage: the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits
Main entry: interposition, intervention
Definition: the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
Main entry: intercession, intervention
Definition: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
Usage: it occurs without human intervention
Main entry: interference, intervention
Definition: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries