HMOnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌeɪtʃ.emˈəʊ/us/ˌeɪtʃ.emˈoʊ/plural HMOsHMO noun [ C ] (MEDICAL)
US abbreviation for health maintenance organization: a group that provides healthcare to people who pay to join it:
For a monthly flat fee, paid by the consumer or employer, HMOs provide a specified list of medical services both in and outside the hospital.
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Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- emergency room
- ENT
- er
- Harley Street
- health maintenance organization
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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HMO noun [ C ] (SHARED HOUSE)
UK abbreviation for house in multiple occupation: a house shared by several people who are not all from the same family:
Today, the once-grand streets are characterized by decaying HMOs, sorely in need not just of redecoration but more fundamental repair.
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- prefab
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- two-up two-down
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
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