health care

== English == === Alternative forms === healthcare, health-care === Noun === health care (uncountable) The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions. ==== Hyponyms ==== allied health dentistry medicine nursing optometry veterinary medicine ==== Derived terms ==== Canadian healthcare hallway health care managed health care ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== health care on Wikipedia.Wikipedia