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public health
noun
: the health of people in general
: the science of caring for the people of a community by giving them basic health care and health information, improving living conditions, etc.
Full Definition of PUBLIC HEALTH
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science
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First Known Use of PUBLIC HEALTH
1617
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public health
noun pub·lic health \ˌpəb-lik-\
Medical Definition of PUBLIC HEALTH
: the art and science dealing with the protection and improvement of community health by organized community effort and including preventive medicine and sanitary and social science
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