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HEALTH CARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
Synonyms:
health care; healthcare
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("health care" is a kind of...):
aid; attention; care; tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Social insurance for the ill and injured
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("health care" is a kind of...):
social insurance (government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "health care"):
Medicare (health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over)
Medicaid (health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program)
primary health care (health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system)
Context examples:
A medical oncologist often is the main health care provider for someone who has cancer.
(Medical oncologist, NCI Dictionary)
Your health care provider can do thinking, memory, and language tests to see if you have MCI.
(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Medicare helps with the cost of health care.
(Medicare, NIH)
Consult your health care provider if you have big changes in your cycle.
(Menstruation, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
You and your health care provider will work together to find the best treatment.
(Cancer and Pregnancy, NIH)
Your health care provider will also do a blood test called an A1C.
(Blood Sugar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
If you have a breast lump, pain, discharge or skin irritation, see your health care provider.
(Breast Diseases, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
To minimize risk, tell you of your health care providers about any antioxidants you use.
(Antioxidants, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
If you have chest pain, you should see your health care provider.
(Angina, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Ask your health care provider to check whether your child's weight and height are in a healthy range.
(Obesity in Children, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
