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医療 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • medicine noun A substance taken to treat or prevent illness.

Senses

医療 is used for these senses in English:

  • health care 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.
  • medicine (broadly, countable) Any treatment or cure.

medicine — full definition

  1. noun A substance taken to treat or prevent illness.
  2. noun The science and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease.
  3. noun Among some Indigenous cultures, ritual or spiritual practices believed to influence healing or fortune.

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