Meanings
nounHMO (plural HMOs)
plural HMOs
- PhilippinesUSabbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of health maintenance organization.
By the mid-1990s, seven states required HMOs to pay for bone marrow transplantation.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 3251 more example
It's a real problem because HMOs do not deal with chronic pain — they want to just deal with crises.
1990 February 4, Margy Dowzer, Mary Frances Platt, Aviva Shmuckler, “Disability And Accessibility Cost Money!”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 13 - UKabbreviationinitialismInitialism of home/house in/of multiple occupation/occupancy: a rented house typically let as individual rooms, often to students or migrant workers.
- InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of hear me out.
Synonyms & antonyms
noungroup insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
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APA
HMO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HMO
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“HMO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HMO. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HMO,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HMO.
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