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health⋅care

[helth-kair]
–noun Also, health care.
1. the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
2. any of the procedures or methods employed in this field.
–adjective Also, health-care.
3. of, pertaining to, or involved in healthcare: healthcare workers; a healthcare center.

Origin:
health + care
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health care also health·care   (hělth'kâr')
n.  The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.
adj.   also health-care (hělth'kâr')
Of or relating to health care: the health care industry.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: health care
Function: noun
: the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensedprofessionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health) —health–care adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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health care or healthcare
n.
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions. adj.
health-care Of or relating to health care.

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