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health care
noun
: the prevention or treatment of illness by doctors, dentists, psychologists, etc.
Full Definition of HEALTH CARE
: efforts made to maintain or restore health especially by trained and licensed professionals —usually hyphenated when used attributively
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First Known Use of HEALTH CARE
1940
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health care
noun
Medical Definition of HEALTH CARE
: the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensed professionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health)
—health–care adjective
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