healthcare

health care also health·care (hlthkâr)

n.

The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.

adj. also health-care (hlthkâr)

Of or relating to health care: the health care industry.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

healthcare - the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession health care care, tending, attention, aid - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"