Meanings
plural healthcares
- alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of health care.
Healthcare patients or consumers often need help in addressing these seven problems.
2011, Bruce S. Jansson, Improving Healthcare through Advocacy, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 32 more examples
There are many groups trying to claim healthcare marketing as part of their activity.
1985, William J. Winston, “Mission and Future Applications of the Proceedings”, in Professional Practice in Health Care Marketing: Proceedings of the American College of Healthcare MarketingAll in all, a terrific burden is being placed on employers, especially in healthcare, as legislation regulating safety in the workplace proliferates, and it appears that OSHA is beginning to take training and other violations seriously as well.
1990, Scott Alan Stewart, Videodiscs in Healthcare: A Guide to the Industry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos
- Proto-Germanic*hailaz
- Proto-Germanic*hailiþō
- Proto-West Germanic*hailiþu
- Old Englishhǣlþ
- Middle Englishhelthe
- Englishhealth
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵeh₂r-
- Proto-Germanic*karō
- Proto-West Germanic*karu
- Old Englishcaru
- Middle Englishcare
- Englishcare
- Englishhealthcare
Cite this entry
healthcare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healthcare
“healthcare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healthcare. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “healthcare,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healthcare.
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