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healthcare

healthcare

319 2.3
Medical services that help prevent and treat physical and mental illness
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛlθˌkɛr/
translation icon : atención médica
  • Access to quality healthcare is essential for maintaining overall well-being.
  • a healthcare professional
  • a healthcare provider
  • the healthcare system

And for some strange reason, the healthcare profession has not done that.

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Examples

  • Patients forget much of what the healthcare professional tells them. Important information should be prioritized, emphasized, and repeated.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Another dimension of the problem involves the variation of healthcare costs across the United States.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We will have great healthcare in our country.

  • My question is about healthcare access to medical care.

  • Black women are being left out of healthcare, infrastructure and resources.

  • And the three areas they chose are education, healthcare and the environment.

  • And this technology has the potential to change healthcare in South Asia.

  • What happened to affordable healthcare?

  • But it also saves the healthcare system an enormous amount of money.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Canada and Canadians have healthcare as a right.

Synonyms

health care
vshealthcare
924 1.8

Services that help people stay well or get better

is the same meaning but written as one word
medical care
vshealthcare
155 2.5

Help from doctors and nurses for illness or injury

is broader, including prevention and wider organizational aspects
healthcare delivery
vshealthcare
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The way health services are set up and given to people

is broader, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management

Antonyms

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Compounds

Changes to make a country's health care system better and help more people get care

A service that helps people stay healthy and get better when sick

healthcare delivery
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The way health services are set up and given to people

A place like a hospital or clinic where people get medical care

1 2.7

A health system paid for by the government that gives people living there medical care

How Specialized

oncology
  • Specialized
29 5.5
medical specialty
  • Specialized
1 3.9
medicine
  • Specialized
873 2.8
healthcare
319 2.3

Surface Forms

healthcare singular
healthcares plural
health cares plural
health care singular

Morphology

healthcare = health + care (transparent) = health + care

The compound combines two common nouns 'health' and 'care' whose meanings directly yield 'organized provision for health'.

Etymology

Healthcare combines health ('being well') and care ('looking after'), so it literally means 'looking after health'. That's why healthcare refers to the people and services that help keep others well.