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HEALTH PROFESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("health profession" is a kind of...):
profession (the body of people in a learned occupation)
Meronyms (members of "health profession"):
caregiver; health care provider; health professional; PCP; primary care provider (a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "health profession"):
medical community; medical profession (the body of individuals who are qualified to practice medicine)
nursing (the profession of a nurse)
