treatee

English

Etymology

treat +‎ -ee

Noun

treatee (plural treatees)

1. One who receives treatment.
   • 2014, Martin Fleishman, The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist, page 58:

     I don't know why I do things like that except that sometimes I think that the principal difference between the treater and the treatee is that the treater is in possession of the keys, if only in a symbolic sense […]

2. One who is given a treat.