barefoot doctor
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barefoot doctor
n.
A lay health care worker, especially in rural China, trained to perform tasks such as providing first aid, assisting in childbirth, and dispensing drugs.
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barefoot doctor
n
(Medicine) (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
[C20: translation of Chinese chijiao yisheng, officially translated as primary health worker]
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bare′foot doc′tor
n.
(in China) a layperson trained to provide a number of basic health-care services, esp. in rural areas.
[1965–70]
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