荒あら治ち療りょう

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy

Medical context: a treatment that is aggressive, unrefined, or high-risk, often used when gentler methods have failed. The variant 荒治療 is less common than 荒療治.

Written forms

荒あら治ち療りょう
Non-standard variant of 荒療治; the kanji 治療 is more transparent for 'treatment'.
荒療治あらちりょう
Standard spelling; 荒治療 is a non-standard variant of this form.

Kanji

荒laid waste, rough, rude
治reign, be at peace, calm down
療heal, cure

Similar words

荒あら療りょう治じ
Standard spelling with the same meaning; 荒治療 is a non-standard variant using 治療 (treatment) instead of 療治.

Etymology

Compound of 荒 (rough, violent) and 治療 (medical treatment). The standard form is 荒療治, where 療治 is an older term for treatment; 荒治療 is a non-standard variant replacing 療治 with the more common 治療.