health centre

noun

A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.

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Meanings

nounhealth centre (plural health centres)

plural health centres · alternative Philippines US health center · alternative healthcentre

  1. A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.

Origin

Compound of health + centre.

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Translations

Basque osasun etxe
  • osasun etxeclinic
Catalan centre de salut, centre d'atenció primària
  • centre de salutclinic
  • centre d'atenció primàriaclinic
Chinese Mandarin 保健中心, 衛生院 /卫生院
  • 保健中心 (bǎojiàn zhōngxīn)clinic
  • 衛生院 /卫生院 (wèishēngyuàn)clinic
Finnish terveyskeskus, terveysasema
  • terveyskeskusclinic
  • terveysasemaclinic
German Ärztezentrum
  • Ärztezentrumclinic
Greek κέντρο υγείας
  • κέντρο υγείας (kéntro ygeías)clinic
Hindi चिकित्सालय, आरोग्यशाला
  • चिकित्सालय (cikitsālay)clinic
  • आरोग्यशाला (ārogyaśālā)clinic
Indonesian puskesmas
  • puskesmasclinic
Norwegian Bokmål helsesenter
  • helsesenterclinic
Portuguese centro de saúde, posto médico
  • centro de saúdeclinic
  • posto médicoclinic
  • posto de saúdeclinic
Scottish Gaelic ionad-slàinte
  • ionad-slàinteclinic
Spanish centro de salud, centro de atención primaria
  • centro de saludclinic
  • centro de atención primariaclinic
Swedish vårdcentral
  • vårdcentralclinic
Welsh canolfan iechyd
  • canolfan iechydclinic
Cite this entry
APA

health centre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health%20centre

MLA

“health centre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health%20centre. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “health centre,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health%20centre.

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