barefoot doctors

A form of barefoot doctor — A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of barefoot doctor
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