Medical Dictionary

hot line

noun

Medical Definition of HOT LINE

:  a usually toll-free telephone service available to the public for some specific purpose (as to receive advice or information about a particular subject or to talk confidentially about personal problems to a sympathetic listener) <a poison control hot line> <an AIDS hot line>

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