health profession
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3.1
- noun
- /hɛlθ prəˈfɛʃən/
:
profesión de la salud
- Many students aspire to enter the health profession because of the rewarding nature of the work.
- mental health professions
- public health profession
- other health professions
Examples
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Shortages of several health professions are plaguing HSOs.
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Especially troublesome to the health profession were findings on differential outcomes in relation to health disparities.
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Anyone who has worked in the health profession for any length of time has heard this.
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As our analysis suggested, years in college increase African American college students' confidence in the mental health profession.
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Harry has contributed more than 32 years of dedicated service to the environmental and public health profession.
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The majority of research involving perceived stress in health professions students focuses on medical school students.
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Both NEHA and NSF encourage individuals committed and dedicated to the environmental health profession to apply.
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For more than 30 years, Larry has devoted his life to the advancement of the environmental and public health professions.
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We randomly selected 300 healthcare providers representing medical, nursing, and other health professions from the membership of an Australian professional oncology association.
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Professionals in the health profession play a crucial role in providing medical care and support to patients.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'health' (relating to well-being) + 'profession' (an occupation) yields an occupation related to health care or services. This noun compound follows a common and transparent semantic pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Health profession comes from the two words health and profession, meaning people whose job is to care for others' health. So it now means 'all the jobs that help keep or restore people's health', like doctors, nurses and dentists.