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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- I think free health care should also cover nearsightedness.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: healthcare
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: care, attention, aid, tending
social insurance for the ill and injured
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social insurance
Narrower terms: Medicare, Medicaid, primary health care
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رِعَايَة صِحِّيَّة
(riʕāya ṣiḥḥiyya)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Armenian:
առողջապահություն
(aṙoġǰapahutʻyun)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Belarusian:
ахо́ва здаро́ўя
(axóva zdarówja)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Bulgarian:
здравеопазване
(zdraveopazvane)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Chinese Mandarin:
衛生保健 /卫生保健
(wèishēng bǎojiàn)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Chinese Mandarin:
醫療保健 /医疗保健
(yīliáo bǎojiàn)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Chinese Mandarin:
醫療 /医疗
(yīliáo)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Czech:
zdravotnictví
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Danish:
sundhedsvæsen
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Dutch:
gezondheidszorg
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Estonian:
tervishoid
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Finnish:
terveydenhoito
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Finnish:
terveydenhuolto
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Finnish:
sairaanhoito
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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French:
soins de santé
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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German:
Gesundheitsfürsorge
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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German:
Gesundheitswesen
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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German:
medizinische Versorgung
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Greek:
φροντίδα υγείας
(frontída ygeías)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Hindi:
स्वास्थ्य सेवा
(svāsthya sevā)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Hungarian:
egészségügy
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Hungarian:
egészségügyi ellátás
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Hungarian:
betegellátás
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Hungarian:
közegészségügy
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Ido:
sanesoflego
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Indonesian:
layanan kesehatan
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Italian:
sanità
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Italian:
assistenza sanitaria
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Italian:
servizio sanitario
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Japanese:
医療
(iryō)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Japanese:
ヘルスケア
(herusukea)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Korean:
의료
(uiryo)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Macedonian:
здравство
(zdravstvo)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Malay:
penjagaan kesihatan
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Burmese:
ကျန်းမာရေးစောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း
(kyan:mare:caung.hraukhkrang:)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Norwegian Bokmål:
helseomsorg
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Norwegian Bokmål:
helsevesen
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
helseomsorg
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Polish:
opieka zdrowotna
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Portuguese:
assistência médica
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Romanian:
îngrijirea sănătății
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Russian:
здравоохране́ние
(zdravooxranénije)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Serbo-Croatian:
здравство
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Serbo-Croatian:
здравствена заштита
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Serbo-Croatian:
zdravstvo
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Serbo-Croatian:
zdravstvena zaštita
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Slovak:
zdravotníctvo
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Slovene:
zdrávstvo
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Spanish:
asistencia sanitaria
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Spanish:
atención médica
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Swedish:
sjukvård
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Swedish:
hälsovård
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Swedish:
vård
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Tagalog:
palagamutan
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Ottoman Turkish:
صحیه
(sıhhıye)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Ukrainian:
охоро́на здоро́в'я
(oxoróna zdoróvʺja)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Vietnamese:
y tế
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses
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Yiddish:
געזונט־אַסיגנאַציע
(gezunt-asignatsye)
— prevention, treatment, and management of illnesses