well-woman
social welfare
a woman who, although not ill, attends a health-service clinic for preventive monitoring, health education, and advice
(as modifier): well-woman clinic
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How to use well-woman in a sentence
On the contrary, he made me a well woman, physically and mentally.
The Heart of the Desert | Honor Willsie MorrowA well woman was worn out and a delicate woman would have been made ill, by this exertion.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) | Marion HarlandYou replied, and I followed all your directions carefully, and to-day I am a well woman.
Treatise on the Diseases of Women | Lydia E. PinkhamMirandy was always a well woman till they moved down to the Mill Village and began takin' the hands to board,—so many of 'em.
The Lady of the Aroostook | William Dean HowellsIt was plain to see that Mrs. Burmaster was not a well woman.
Hoofbeats on the Turnpike | Mildred A. Wirt
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