hair care
haircare
hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair |
care
maintenance
upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order, he wrote the manual on car care |
| camera care | keeping a camera in good working order |
| car care | keeping a car in good working order |
| care attention aid tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something, no medical care was required, the old car needs constant attention |
| primary care | the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) |
| dental care | care for the teeth |
medical care
medical aid | professional treatment for illness or injury |
hospitalization
hospitalisation
hospital care | placing in medical care in a hospital |
| nursing care | care by a skilled nurse |
tender loving care
TLC | considerate and solicitous care, young children need lots of TLC |
| personal care | care for someone who is disabled or is otherwise unable to care for themselves, can including bathing and cooking and managing bodily functions |
skin care
skincare | care for the skin |
| intensive care | close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions |
care charge
tutelage guardianship | attention and management implying responsibility for safety, he is in the care of a bodyguard |
| basic training | the initial period of training for new military personnel, involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline |
| healthcare health care | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
healthcare delivery
health care delivery
care delivery | the provision of health care |
| health care | social insurance for the ill and injured |
| primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
due care
ordinary care
reasonable care | the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances, the standard for determining legal duty |
| foster care | supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home |
| great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
| slight care | such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise |
childcare
child care | a service involving care for other people's children |
daycare
day care | childcare during the day while parents work |
basic
staple | (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
day nursery
day care center | a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work |
caution
precaution
care
forethought | judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger, he exercised caution in opening the door, he handled the vase with care |
| basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
fundamentals
basics
fundamental principle
basic principle
bedrock | principles from which other truths can be derived, first you must learn the fundamentals, let's get down to basics |
basic assumption
constatation
self-evident truth | an assumption that is basic to an argument |
| Basic English | a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication, devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards |
| BASIC | a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn, an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code, no longer in general use |
| care | a cause for feeling concern, his major care was the illness of his wife |
| concern care fear | an anxious feeling, care had aged him, they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction |
| extended care facility | a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness) |
| coronary care unit | a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems |
neonatal intensive care unit
NICU | an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn |
intensive care unit
ICU | a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care |
Casualty Care Research Center
CCRC | an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care |
health professional
primary care provider
PCP
health care provider
caregiver | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
| primary care physician | the physician who provides primary care, the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system |
basic dye
basic color
basic colour | a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion |
| basic iron | pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus, used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus |
| basic slag | slag produced in making steel, low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate, useful as fertilizer |
treat
care for | provide treatment for, The doctor treated my broken leg, The nurses cared for the bomb victims, The patient must be treated right away or she will die, Treat the infection with antibiotics |
| worry care c | be concerned with, I worry about my grades |
care for cherish
hold dear
treasure | be fond of, be attached to |