healthcare
/ˈhɛltkɛɐ//ˈhɛlθkɛɚ/
healthcare is the alternative spelling of health care.
Meaning of 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.
- I think free health care should also cover nearsightedness.
Forms of healthcare
| plural | healthcares |
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Origin of healthcare
From health + care.
Words formed from healthcare
Phrases with healthcare
Questions about healthcare
- What is healthcare the alternative spelling of?
- Healthcare is the alternative spelling of health care.
- How do you pronounce healthcare?
- Healthcare is pronounced /ˈhɛlθkɛɚ/ (US).
Words near healthcare in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: healthcare (page history and authors); health care (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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