primary health care
(primary health care)
Princeton's WordNet
health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system
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hmo
(ɪvz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
health maintenance organization: a prepaid health plan in which subscribers receive comprehensive health services provided by member physicians and other health-care providers, usu. in a central facility.
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hospice
(ˈhɒs pɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a health care facility, or a system of professional home visits and supervision, for supportive care of the terminally ill.
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medicare
(Medicare)
Princeton's WordNet
health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over
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care delivery
(healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery)
Princeton's WordNet
the provision of health care
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healthcare delivery
(healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery)
Princeton's WordNet
the provision of health care
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health care delivery
(healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery)
Princeton's WordNet
the provision of health care
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nosocomial
(ˌnɒs əˈkoʊ mi əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of infections) contracted in a hospital or other health care facility.
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medicare check
(medicare check, medicare payment)
Princeton's WordNet
a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care
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medicaid
(Medicaid)
Princeton's WordNet
health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program
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medicare payment
(medicare check, medicare payment)
Princeton's WordNet
a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care
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family medicine
(family practice, family medicine)
Princeton's WordNet
medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit
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family practice
(family practice, family medicine)
Princeton's WordNet
medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit
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extended care
(ɪkˈstɛn dɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
generalized health or nursing care for convalescents or the disabled, when hospitalization is not required.
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barefoot doctor
(ɛərˌfʊt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(in China) a layperson trained to provide a number of basic health-care services, esp. in rural areas.
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wellness
(ˈwɛl nɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an approach to health care that emphasizes preventing illness and prolonging life, as opposed to emphasizing treating diseases.
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sanitary
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory
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visiting nurse
(ˌvɪz ɪˈteɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
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paramedic
(ˌpær əˈmɛd ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who is trained to assist a physician or to give first aid or other health care in the absence of a physician.
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holism
(ˈhoʊ lɪz əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an approach to healing or health care, often involving therapies outside the mainstream of medicine, in which isolated symptoms or conditions are considered secondary to one's total physical and psychological state.
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medical relation
(medical relation)
Princeton's WordNet
the professional relation between a health care professional and a patient
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socialized medicine
(ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various systems to provide a nation with complete medical care through government subsidization and regularization of medical and health services.
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alternative medicine
(ɔlˈtɜr nə tɪv, æl-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
health care and treatment practices, including traditional Chinese medicine, chiropractic, folk medicine, and naturopathy, that minimize or eschew the use of surgery and drugs.
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blooming
Webster Dictionary
thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health
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toast
Webster Dictionary
to name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady
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salubrious
Webster Dictionary
favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate
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wholesome
Webster Dictionary
tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary
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hygeian
Webster Dictionary
relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation
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pledge
Webster Dictionary
a sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health
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soteriology
Webster Dictionary
a discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health
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