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healthcare proxy

or health-care prox·y

[ helth-kair prok-see ]

noun

  1. a legal document in which a person can appoint someone to make decisions for them about medical treatment in the event that they are no longer mentally competent or able to communicate.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of healthcare proxy1

First recorded in 1990–95

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