Meanings
- derogatoryuncountableTravelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.
- uncountableTravelling across international borders to obtain health care.
1 more example
In June 2007, the American Medical Association (AMA) provided a clear-eyed assessment of a growing phenomenon: medical tourism. […] Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion.
2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 152
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic سِيَاحَة عِلَاجِيَّة
- سِيَاحَة عِلَاجِيَّة (siyāḥa ʕilājiyya)type of tourism
Chinese Mandarin 醫療旅遊 /医疗旅游
- 醫療旅遊 /医疗旅游 (yīliáo lǚyóu)type of tourism
Finnish terveysturismi
- terveysturismitype of tourism
French tourisme médical
- tourisme médicaltype of tourism
German Medizintourismus
- Medizintourismustype of tourism
Japanese 医療観光, メディカル・ツーリズム
- 医療観光 (iryō kankō)type of tourism
- メディカル・ツーリズム (medikaru-tsūrizumu)type of tourism
Polish turystyka medyczna
- turystyka medycznatype of tourism
Portuguese turismo de saúde, turismo médico
- turismo de saúdetype of tourism
- turismo médicotype of tourism
- viagens de saúdetype of tourism
- viagens médicastype of tourism
- viagens para tratamento de saúdetype of tourism
Russian медици́нский тури́зм
- медици́нский тури́зм (medicínskij turízm)type of tourism
Spanish turismo de salud, turismo médico
- turismo de saludtype of tourism
- turismo médicotype of tourism
- turismo sanitariotype of tourism
Cite this entry
medical tourism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20tourism
“medical tourism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20tourism. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medical tourism,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20tourism.
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