healthcarenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhelθ.keər/us/ˈhelθ.ker/C1 the set of services provided by a country or an organization for the treatment of the physically and the mentally ill:
Healthcare workers are some of the lowest paid people in the country.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- ENT
- er
- health maintenance organization
- institution
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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