NOUN | act | health care | social insurance for the ill and injured |
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act | health care, healthcare | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
Meaning | social insurance for the ill and injured. | |
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Narrower | Medicaid | health care for the needy |
Medicare | health care for the aged | |
primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system | |
Broader | social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people |
Spanish | asistencia médica | |
Catalan | assistència mèdica |
Meaning | The preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession. | |
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Synonym | healthcare | |
Broader | care, attention, aid, tending | The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something |
Spanish | cuidado, sanidad |
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