noun
1. social insurance for the ill and injured
• Hypernyms: ↑social insurance
• Hyponyms: ↑Medicare, ↑Medicaid, ↑primary health care
2. the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
• Syn: ↑healthcare
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the services that look after people’s health
Homeless people need better access to health care.
Thesaurus: help with social problemshyponym
Derived Word: healthcare
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noun [noncount]
health-care adj, always used before a noun
health-care workers
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the service of providing medical care
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the costs of health care for the elderly
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health care workers/professionalsUseful english dictionary. 2012.