"health service" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: health services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} health service (plural health services)
  1. a public (or private) service providing health care to the general public. Derived forms: Public Health Service Translations (service providing health care): terveyspalvelu (Finnish), terveystoimi (Finnish), seirbhís sláintíochta [feminine] (Irish), helsevesen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmal), helsetjeneste (Norwegian Bokmal), helsevesen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), helsetenest [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), helseteneste [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), służba zdrowia [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-health_service-en-noun-Yjh0bovd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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