"public health" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-public health.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} public health (uncountable)
  1. The science and practice of community hygiene; includes preventive medicine, health education, sanitation and environmental safety. Wikipedia link: public health Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Health Derived forms: public health funeral Translations (science): الصِّحَّة العَامَّة (alt: aṣ-ṣiḥḥa(t) al-ʕāmma) (Arabic), လူထုကျန်းမာရေး (luhtu.kyan:mare:) (Burmese), ပြည်သူ့ကျန်းမာရေး (pranysu.kyan:mare:) (Burmese), 公共衛生 (Chinese Mandarin), 公共卫生 (gōnggòng wèishēng) (Chinese Mandarin), folkesundhedsvidenskab (Danish), kansanterveys (Finnish), santé publique [feminine] (French), közegészségügy (Hungarian), kesehatan masyarakat (Indonesian), salus publica [feminine] (Latin), kesihatan awam (Malay), saúde pública [feminine] (Portuguese), javno zdravstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), salud pública [feminine] (Spanish), folkhälsa [common-gender] (Swedish), halk sağlığı (Turkish), פֿאָלקסגעזונט (folksgezunt) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-public_health-en-noun-La15u~3w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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