Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.
- adj. Of or relating to health care: the health care industry.
Wiktionary
- n. The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. social insurance for the ill and injured
- n. the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
Etymologies
- From health + care. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And experiential marketing will be increasingly important for larger health care providers such as HMOs as health care becomes more business-and finance-driven.”
“He was determined to put the American people firstwhich meant getting control of a ballooning budget deficit, addressing health care and welfare reform, and dealing with other domestic needs.”
“Dr. Marie Savard: To learn how you can become a more powerful consumer in the health care system, go to www.drsavard.com, or call 877-SAVARDS 728-2737.”
Simon & Schuster: I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke
“At Genesis ElderCare™, we assess the individual needs of the elderly and their families and provide health care services through a network of people, places and programs.”
“Dr. Marie Savard, author of How to Save Your Own Life, has dedicated her career to helping women find the power to avoid the pitfalls of modern medicine and get the best health care possible.”
Simon & Schuster: I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke
“Some only see their health care provider when they're sick, and those with poor or no health insurance do not go at all, said Roshan Bastani, professor of public health and associate director of cancer prevention and control research at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.”
“Ronald Kessler, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, asked 166 married couples to keep a daily stress diary for six weeks.”
Simon & Schuster: I Used to Have a Handle on Life But It Broke
“Anthony Keck, South Carolina's Medicaid director, says the state's rates for doctors, hospitals and other health care providers are still higher than the national average.”
“At Genesis ElderCare, we assess the individual needs of the elderly and their families and provide health care services through a network of people, places, and programs.”
“First, the range of responsibilities assigned to the new planning office was staggeringrunning from providing humanitarian relief, rebuilding the economy, and reestablishing civil services like electricity and health care to dismantling weapons of mass destruction, defeating terrorism, and reshaping the military and internal security forces.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘health care’.
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POL - presidential debates
Some of the catchwords of several presidential debates (Obama-Romney 2012 Denver debate's transcript fully included)
preexist, crosstalk, figure skate, preexisting, spending cut, preconceive, zinger, excruciate, ask over, miniaturize, food stamp, Medicare and 150 more...
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AFCO - fundamental rights
as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
servitude, register, rule of law, protocol, preamble, pluralism, orientation, placement, parental, inviolable, ombudsman, health care and 357 more...
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ENVI - Collocations HIJKL
habitable climate, habitable space, habitat alteration, habitat destruction, habitat diversity, habitat fragmenta..., habitat of organisms, habitat of the bi..., habitat protection, habitat requirement, habitat selection, habitat structure and 3456 more...
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POL - issues
emergency services, abortion, accounting reform, addiction, affirmative action, agriculture policy, AIDS, air pollution, air quality, alcohol abuse, drug trafficking, trafficking in hu... and 200 more...
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POL - What is Barack talking about?
Collocations extracted from Barack Obama's recent (2010 onwards) speeches
better life, new age, all are equal, all are free, common good, common purpose, dark chapter, darkest hours, decent wage, expand freedom, extend a hand, fallen heroes and 130 more...
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Euphemisms
Mostly awful and political.
information campaign, enemy combatant, person of interest, collateral damage, friendly fire, detention centre, children overboard, asylum seeker, health care, national interest, economic management, redeployment and 114 more...
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