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Health care
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Health care Care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual. Health care includes but is not limited to: preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling services, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status of an individual, or that affects the structure or function of the body; and the sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item in accordance with a prescription.
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Diagnostic
Pertaining to a diagnosis; usually refers to a characteristic or criteria which is critical for a specific diagnosis.
Palliative
Controlling symptoms without curing the disease.
Condition
The term "condition" has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: 1.An unhealthy state, such as in "this is a progressive condition." 2.A state of fitness, such as "getting into condition." 3.Something that is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially a "precondition." 4.As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
Status
Indicated degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting transplants.
Prescription
A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient.
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Healers Centre
The Healers Centre is a hospital in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati is a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA).
Health Care Centre
The Health Care Centre is a hospital in Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan.
Health Deparment Hospital Div
The Health Deparment Hospital Div is a hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States.
Health dictionary
A dictionary of health related and medical terms and definitions for the public at large and/or the medical professionals.
Health insurance
Health Insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market based health care systems such as that used in the United States rely on private medical insurance.
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
Health Place
The Health Place is a hospital in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States.
Health Sciences Centre
The Health Sciences Centre is a hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Healthcare (health care)
Systems whose goal is to maintain or improve human health.
HealthPark Medical Center
The HealthPark Medical Center is a hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, United States.
Healthplex Sports Club
The Healthplex Sports Club is a hospital in Springfield, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthshare Group
Healthshare Group is a hospital in Petoskey, Michigan (USA).
Healthsouth
The Healthsouth is a hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Aquatic and Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Aquatic and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth at Country Meadows
The Healthsouth at Country Meadows is a hospital in York, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Diagnostic Center
The Healthsouth Diagnostic Center is a hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation
The Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation is a hospital in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center
The Healthsouth Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center is a hospital in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Lafayette
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Lafayette is a hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana (USA).
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern Arizona
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern Arizona is a hospital in Tucson, Arizona (USA).
Healthsouth Spine and Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Spine and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in State College, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Surgery Center
The Healthsouth Surgery Center is a hospital in Mt Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Washington Outpatient Rehabilitation
The Healthsouth Washington Outpatient Rehabilitation is a hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Work Perforamnce Center
The Healthsouth Work Perforamnce Center is a hospital in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthy Beginnings Plus
The Healthy Beginnings Plus is a hospital in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthy community
Healthy community refers to a community that nurtures its members.
Healthy volunteer
A healthy person who agrees to participate in a health research project for reasons other than medical and receives no direct health benefit from participating. See also human subject.
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Hyperspadias
A congenital malformation or misplacement of the urethra as in hypospadias except that the position of the opening is on the upper or superior/dorsal surface of the penis.
Hypothyroidism
Deficiency of thyroid hormone; the opposite of hyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland is in the throat, near the larynx or Adam's apple.
Hypoxyphilia
Asphyxiophilia [from Latin, hypoxia, oxygen deprivation + -philia].
Hysterectomy
Surgical removal of the uterus or womb [from Greek, hystera, womb + ektome, excision].
Homicidophilia
The very rare condition in which a person is dependent on sadistic homicide of the partner, or the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. Recorded cases are either heterosexual or homosexual, but not bisexual. The converse condition is the masochistic staging of one's own murder (autoassassinatophilia).
Health care
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
H2-blockers
Medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine2, which signals the stomach to make acid.
Hammertoe
A permanent sideways bend in the middle toe joint.
Hay fever
See rhinitis
Headache
Primary - includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions. Secondary - includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Diagnostic
Pertaining to a diagnosis; usually refers to a characteristic or criteria which is critical for a specific diagnosis.
Palliative
Controlling symptoms without curing the disease.
Condition
The term "condition" has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: 1.An unhealthy state, such as in "this is a progressive condition." 2.A state of fitness, such as "getting into condition." 3.Something that is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially a "precondition." 4.As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
Status
Indicated degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting transplants.
Prescription
A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Healers Centre
The Healers Centre is a hospital in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati is a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA).
Health Care Centre
The Health Care Centre is a hospital in Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan.
Health Deparment Hospital Div
The Health Deparment Hospital Div is a hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States.
Health dictionary
A dictionary of health related and medical terms and definitions for the public at large and/or the medical professionals.
Health insurance
Health Insurance is a type of insurance whereby the insurer pays the medical costs of the insured if the insured becomes sick due to covered causes, or due to accidents. The insurer may be a private organization or a government agency. Market based health care systems such as that used in the United States rely on private medical insurance.
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
Health Place
The Health Place is a hospital in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States.
Health Sciences Centre
The Health Sciences Centre is a hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Healthcare (health care)
Systems whose goal is to maintain or improve human health.
HealthPark Medical Center
The HealthPark Medical Center is a hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, United States.
Healthplex Sports Club
The Healthplex Sports Club is a hospital in Springfield, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthshare Group
Healthshare Group is a hospital in Petoskey, Michigan (USA).
Healthsouth
The Healthsouth is a hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Aquatic and Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Aquatic and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth at Country Meadows
The Healthsouth at Country Meadows is a hospital in York, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Diagnostic Center
The Healthsouth Diagnostic Center is a hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation
The Healthsouth Harmarville Rehabilitation is a hospital in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center
The Healthsouth Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center is a hospital in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Lafayette
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Lafayette is a hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana (USA).
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern Arizona
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Southern Arizona is a hospital in Tucson, Arizona (USA).
Healthsouth Spine and Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Spine and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in State College, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center
The Healthsouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center is a hospital in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Surgery Center
The Healthsouth Surgery Center is a hospital in Mt Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Washington Outpatient Rehabilitation
The Healthsouth Washington Outpatient Rehabilitation is a hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthsouth Work Perforamnce Center
The Healthsouth Work Perforamnce Center is a hospital in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthy Beginnings Plus
The Healthy Beginnings Plus is a hospital in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Healthy community
Healthy community refers to a community that nurtures its members.
Healthy volunteer
A healthy person who agrees to participate in a health research project for reasons other than medical and receives no direct health benefit from participating. See also human subject.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Hyperspadias
A congenital malformation or misplacement of the urethra as in hypospadias except that the position of the opening is on the upper or superior/dorsal surface of the penis.
Hypothyroidism
Deficiency of thyroid hormone; the opposite of hyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland is in the throat, near the larynx or Adam's apple.
Hypoxyphilia
Asphyxiophilia [from Latin, hypoxia, oxygen deprivation + -philia].
Hysterectomy
Surgical removal of the uterus or womb [from Greek, hystera, womb + ektome, excision].
Homicidophilia
The very rare condition in which a person is dependent on sadistic homicide of the partner, or the restaging of it in fantasy, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. Recorded cases are either heterosexual or homosexual, but not bisexual. The converse condition is the masochistic staging of one's own murder (autoassassinatophilia).
Health care
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
H2-blockers
Medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine2, which signals the stomach to make acid.
Hammertoe
A permanent sideways bend in the middle toe joint.
Hay fever
See rhinitis
Headache
Primary - includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions. Secondary - includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
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