The way said to incur pain, on being given treatment (13)
I believe the answer is:
pronunciation
'the way said' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'to incur pain on being given treatment' is the wordplay.
'being given' says to put letters next to each other.
'treatment' indicates an anagram (the letters must be processed or treated).
'to'+'incur'+'pain'+'on'='toincurpainon'
'toincurpainon' with letters rearranged gives 'PRONUNCIATION'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pronunciation that I've seen before include "Delivery" , "Articulation" , "Way a word is sounded" .)