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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
Medical Dictionary

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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