health care
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and…The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
» We know health care is expensive.
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1 senses(uncountable)The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
I think free health care should also cover nearsightedness.
Gesundheitsfürsorge, Gesundheitswesen, medizinische Versorgung
здравоохране́ниеzdravooxranénije
охоро́на здоро́в'яoxoróna zdoróvʺja
the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
Examples
36 sentencesWe know health care is expensive.
The company provides health care and life insurance benefits for all of its employees.
deDie Firma bietet den Angestellten Vorteile bei der Kranken- und Lebensversicherung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm in the health care business.
People want health care.
I'm concerned about health care.
Translations
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession:healthcare
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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