health service
noun [C]Definition
› a public service that provides medical treatmentMedical places and organizationsSocial services and sanitation
(Definition of health service noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- A & E noun
- delivery room noun
- doctor noun (MEDICINE)
- emergency room noun
- general hospital noun
- health authority noun
- healthcare noun
- HMO noun (MEDICAL)
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- needle bank noun
- nursing home noun
- padded cell noun
- pharmacy noun
- sanatorium noun
- sickbay noun
- sickroom noun
- spa noun
- sperm bank noun
- walk-in adjective (NOT ARRANGED)
- well woman/man clinic noun
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