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primary care

primary care noun: the medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.

Noun

primary care (uncountable)

  1. The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.
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primary care meaning in Tamil

primary care in Tamil

முதன்மை பராமரிப்பு, முதற்படி பராமரிப்பு

Synonyms of primary care

Questions about primary care

What does primary care mean?
Primary care means the medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.
What is primary care in Tamil?
Primary care in Tamil is முதன்மை பராமரிப்பு, முதற்படி பராமரிப்பு. See Primary care meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is primary care?
Primary care is a noun.

Words near primary care in the dictionary

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  2. primary amines
  3. primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
  4. primary bedroom
  5. primary bedrooms
  6. primary care
  7. primary cell wall
  8. primary cell walls
  9. primary cilia
  10. primary cilium
  11. primary color

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Adapted from Wiktionary: primary care (page history and authors); primary care (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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