English > primary care provider: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability. |
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| Synonyms | health professional, PCP, health care provider, caregiver |
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| Member of | health profession | The body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients |
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| Narrower | bonesetter | someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones |
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| electrologist | someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots |
| medical assistant | A person trained to assist medical professionals |
| medical practitioner, medical man | someone who practices medicine |
| nurse | One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) |
| pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller | A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs |
| Broader | professional, professional person | A person engaged in one of the learned professions |
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| Spanish | profesional de la salud, profesional sanitario, sanitario |
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| Catalan | professional sanitari, sanitari |
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