medical evacuation
medevac
medivac | the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care |
checkup
medical checkup
medical examination
medical exam
medical
health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
| medical diagnosis | identification of a disease from its symptoms |
prognosis
prospect
medical prognosis | a prediction of the course of a disease |
locomotion
travel | self-propelled movement |
travel
traveling
travelling | the act of going from one place to another, he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel |
air travel
aviation
air | travel via aircraft, air travel involves too much waiting in airports, if you've time to spare go by air |
spaceflight
space travel
spacefaring | a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere |
water travel
seafaring | travel by water |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
| Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
| medical practice | the practice of medicine |
medical care
medical aid | professional treatment for illness or injury |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
| medical procedure | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
| 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 |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
| old-age insurance | insurance paid to the elderly |
| survivors insurance | insurance paid to surviving spouses |
| disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled |
| 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 |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
dressing
medical dressing | a cloth covering for a wound or sore |
health spa
spa health club | a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness |
medical building
health facility
healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
| medical instrument | instrument used in the practice of medicine |
toilet kit
travel kit | a kit for carrying toilet articles while traveling |
| travel iron | a small lightweight iron that can be carried while traveling |
travel plan
itinerary | a proposed route of travel |
medicine
medical specialty | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| medical science | the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease |
travel guidebook
itinerary | a guidebook for travelers |
| bill of health | a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) |
medical history
medical record
anamnesis | the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient |
medical bill
doctor's bill | statement of charges for medical services |
policy insurance policy
insurance | written contract or certificate of insurance, you should have read the small print on your policy |
occupational safety and health act
federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
MEDLARS | relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature |
| foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
sanitary code
health code | set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc |
Doctor of Public Health
DPH | a doctor's degree in preventive medicine |
| medical report | a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient |
| clean bill of health | an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition, the doctor gave him a clean bill of health |
change of location
travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something |
| health food | any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |