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public health

 
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–noun
health services to improve and protect community health, esp. sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
Origin:
1610–20

Related forms:
public-health, adjective
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public health  
n.  The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community, as by preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards.
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Main Entry: pub·lic health
Pronunciation: "p&b-lik-
Function: noun
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of communityhealth by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science
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public health pub·lic health (pŭb'lĭk)
n.
Abbr. PH, P.H.
The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community, as by preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards.

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