| Library / English Dictionary |
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
Synonyms:
caregiver; health care provider; health professional; PCP; primary care provider
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("health care provider" is a kind of...):
professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "health care provider"):
bonesetter (someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones)
electrologist (someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots)
medical assistant (a person trained to assist medical professionals)
medical man; medical practitioner (someone who practices medicine)
nurse (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))
apothecary; chemist; druggist; pharmacist; pill pusher; pill roller (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)
Holonyms ("health care provider" is a member of...):
health profession (the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients)
Context examples:
Tell your health care providers about all the medicines you take, including over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements.
(Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Your health care provider diagnoses the problem with a physical exam, a pelvic exam, or special tests.
(Pelvic Support Problems, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
The individual health care provider that performs the physical examination.
(Physical Examination Evaluator, NCI Thesaurus)
Your health care provider can diagnose pinworm infection by finding the eggs.
(Pinworms, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
This means that if you need a treatment, your health care provider must give you the information you need to make a decision.
(Patient Rights, NIH)
Also, because the pancreas is hidden behind other organs, health care providers cannot see or feel the tumors during routine exams.
(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
If a screening shows that your baby might have a condition, the health care provider or the state health department will call you.
(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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)
An improvement that can be measured by the health care provider (for example, when a tumor shrinks or there are fewer cancer cells in the blood).
(Objective improvement, NCI Dictionary)
If you're pregnant, talk to your health care provider before taking any medicines.
(Over-the-Counter Medicines, Food and Drug Administration)
