health-care

A form of health care — The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.

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Meanings

nounhealth-care (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of health care.

    You trust that your health-care providers are people of integrity, and if they made a serious mistake that harmed you, they would be honest about it.

    2017 January 3, Lawrence B. Schlachter with John Bechtel, Malpractice: A Neurosurgeon Reveals How Our Health-Care System Puts Patients at Risk, Skyhorse, →ISBN, page 6
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APA

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

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“health-care.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health-care. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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

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