"health care" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Health Synonyms: healthcare, health-care Hyponyms: allied health, dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, veterinary medicine Derived forms: Canadian healthcare, hallway health care, managed health care Translations (prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses): رِعَايَة صِحِّيَّة (riʕāya ṣiḥḥiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), առողջապահություն (aṙoġǰapahutʻyun) (Armenian), ахо́ва здаро́ўя (axóva zdaróŭja) [feminine] (Belarusian), здравеопазване (zdraveopazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 衛生保健 /卫生保健 (wèishēng bǎojiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 醫療保健 /医疗保健 (yīliáo bǎojiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 醫療 /医疗 (yīliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), zdravotnictví [neuter] (Czech), sundhedsvæsen [neuter] (Danish), gezondheidszorg [common-gender] (Dutch), tervishoid (Estonian), terveydenhoito (Finnish), terveydenhuolto (Finnish), sairaanhoito (Finnish), soins de santé [masculine, plural] (French), Gesundheitsfürsorge [feminine] (German), Gesundheitswesen [neuter] (German), medizinische Versorgung [feminine] (German), φροντίδα υγείας (frontída ygeías) [feminine] (Greek), स्वास्थ्य सेवा (svāsthya sevā) [feminine] (Hindi), egészségügy (Hungarian), egészségügyi ellátás (Hungarian), betegellátás (Hungarian), közegészségügy (english: public) (Hungarian), sanesoflego (Ido), layanan kesehatan (Indonesian), sanità [feminine] (Italian), assistenza sanitaria [feminine] (Italian), servizio sanitario [masculine] (Italian), 医療 (iryō) (alt: いりょう) (Japanese), ヘルスケア (herusukea) (Japanese), 의료 (uiryo) (alt: 醫療) (Korean), здравство (zdravstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), penjagaan kesihatan (Malay), ကျန်းမာရေးစောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း (kyan:mare:caung.hraukhkrang:) (Myanmar), helseomsorg [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), helsevesen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), helseomsorg [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صحیه (sıhhıye) (Ottoman Turkish), opieka zdrowotna [feminine] (Polish), assistência médica [feminine] (Portuguese), îngrijirea sănătății (note: defined form) (Romanian), здравоохране́ние (zdravooxranénije) [neuter] (Russian), здравство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), здравствена заштита [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zdravstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zdravstvena zaštita [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zdravotníctvo [neuter] (Slovak), zdrávstvo [neuter] (Slovene), asistencia sanitaria (Spanish), atención médica [feminine] (Spanish), sjukvård [neuter] (Swedish), hälsovård [neuter] (Swedish), vård (Swedish), palagamutan (Tagalog), охоро́на здоро́в'я (oxoróna zdoróvʺja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), y tế (alt: 醫濟) (Vietnamese), געזונט־אַסיגנאַציע (gezunt-asignatsye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opieka zdrowotna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "assistência médica"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "defined form",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "word": "îngrijirea sănătății"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zdravooxranénije",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "здравоохране́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "здравство"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "здравствена заштита"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zdravstvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zdravstvena zaštita"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zdravotníctvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zdrávstvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "word": "asistencia sanitaria"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "atención médica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sjukvård"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hälsovård"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "word": "vård"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "word": "palagamutan"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oxoróna zdoróvʺja",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "охоро́на здоро́в'я"
        },
        {
          "alt": "醫濟",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "word": "y tế"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "gezunt-asignatsye",
          "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "געזונט־אַסיגנאַציע"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "health care"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Canadian healthcare"
    },
    {
      "word": "hallway health care"
    },
    {
      "word": "managed health care"
    }
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        "1": "-"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "dentistry"
    },
    {
      "word": "medicine"
    },
    {
      "word": "nursing"
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    {
      "word": "optometry"
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes",
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        {
          "text": "I think free health care should also cover nearsightedness.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD, Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA, volume 304, number 5, American Medical Association, →DOI, pages 569–570:",
          "text": "In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.",
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          "prevention",
          "prevention"
        ],
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          "illness"
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          "well-being",
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          "nursing",
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      "word": "healthcare"
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      "word": "health-care"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "riʕāya ṣiḥḥiyya",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِعَايَة صِحِّيَّة"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙoġǰapahutʻyun",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "առողջապահություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "axóva zdaróŭja",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ахо́ва здаро́ўя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zdraveopazvane",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "здравеопазване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèishēng bǎojiàn",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "衛生保健 /卫生保健"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīliáo bǎojiàn",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "醫療保健 /医疗保健"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīliáo",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "醫療 /医疗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdravotnictví"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sundhedsvæsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gezondheidszorg"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "tervishoid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "terveydenhoito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "terveydenhuolto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "sairaanhoito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "soins de santé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gesundheitsfürsorge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gesundheitswesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "medizinische Versorgung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "frontída ygeías",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φροντίδα υγείας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svāsthya sevā",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "स्वास्थ्य सेवा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "egészségügy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "egészségügyi ellátás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "betegellátás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "public",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "közegészségügy"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "sanesoflego"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "layanan kesehatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanità"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assistenza sanitaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servizio sanitario"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いりょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iryō",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "医療"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "herusukea",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "ヘルスケア"
    },
    {
      "alt": "醫療",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uiryo",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "의료"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zdravstvo",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "здравство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "penjagaan kesihatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Myanmar",
      "roman": "kyan:mare:caung.hraukhkrang:",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "ကျန်းမာရေးစောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "helseomsorg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "helsevesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "helseomsorg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sıhhıye",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "صحیه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opieka zdrowotna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assistência médica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "defined form",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "îngrijirea sănătății"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zdravooxranénije",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "здравоохране́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "здравство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "здравствена заштита"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdravstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdravstvena zaštita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdravotníctvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdrávstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "asistencia sanitaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atención médica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sjukvård"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hälsovård"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "vård"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "palagamutan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oxoróna zdoróvʺja",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "охоро́на здоро́в'я"
    },
    {
      "alt": "醫濟",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "word": "y tế"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gezunt-asignatsye",
      "sense": "prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "געזונט־אַסיגנאַציע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "health care"
}

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