Phrase guide

health insurance

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

insurance against loss due to ill health

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insurance

Narrower terms: hospitalization insurance, hospitalization, health maintenance organization, HMO

History

Etymology

From health + insurance.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَأْمِين صِحِّيّ (taʔmīn ṣiḥḥiyy) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Bulgarian: здравна осигуровка (zdravna osigurovka) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Burmese: ကျန်းမာရေးအာမခံ (kyan:mare:ama.hkam) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醫療保險 /医疗保险 (yīliáo bǎoxiǎn) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醫保 /医保 (yībǎo) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Czech: zdravotní pojištění — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Danish: sygeforsikring — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Dutch: ziektekostenverzekering — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Finnish: sairausvakuutus — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • French: assurance maladie — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • German: Krankenversicherung — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Gujarati: આરોગ્યવીમો (ārogyavīmo) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Hungarian: egészségbiztosítás — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Hungarian: betegbiztosítás — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Indonesian: asuransi kesehatan — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Irish: árachas sláinte — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Italian: assicurazione malattia — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Japanese: 健康保険 (kenkōhoken) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Latvian: veselības apdrošināšana — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Malay: insurans kesihatan — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Norwegian: helseforsikring — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Norwegian: sykeforsikring — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Polish: ubezpieczenie zdrowotne — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Portuguese: plano de saúde — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Russian: медици́нское страхова́ние (medicínskoje straxovánije) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdravstveno osiguranje — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Spanish: seguro de salud — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Spanish: aseguración médica — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Swedish: sjukförsäkring — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Turkish: sağlık sigortası — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Ukrainian: меди́чне страхува́ння (medýčne straxuvánnja) — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Vietnamese: bảo hiểm y tế — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals
  • Vietnamese: bảo hiểm sức khỏe — insurance against incurring medical expenses among individuals