单词 | national health |
释义 | national healthn.adj. A. n. 1. Health as it concerns a nation as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > of community public health1617 national health1847 community health1856 general health1870 1847 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 10 274 It extends the rule of a Cabinet Minister from ‘possessions’..to the domain of National Health, which has always held the first place in the meditations of Legislators. 1908 National Health 1 8/2 There is nothing in life..that approaches in importance this subject of individual and national health. 1911 D. Lloyd George Insurance of People 2 A few weeks ago I had the honour of introducing in the House of Commons a measure dealing with proposals for securing the national health. 2. colloquial. With the and capital initials: = National Health Service n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service health service1935 National Health Service1946 NHS1948 national health1952 Medicare1953 Medicaid1966 Medibank1974 1952 A. Christie Mrs. McGinty's Dead xii. 96 Nowadays even if you've got a chilblain you run to the doctor with it so as to get your money's worth out of the National Health. 1999 Sun 22 June 11/4 He is receiving outpatient treatment on the National Health. B. adj. With capital initials: of or relating to the National Health Service; designating a product, treatment, etc., provided by the National Health Service. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [adjective] > health service national health1958 Medibank1974 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 23 A doctor w'at was too taken up by 'is posh paying patients to trouble with a National 'Ealth kid. 1967 Melody Maker 27 May 5 With his bushy sideboards and National Health specs he resembled an animated Victorian watchmaker. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover ii. 13 Gritting his National Health teeth, [he] limped off. 1992 N. Hornby Fever Pitch 54 I..wore black-framed Brains-style National Health reading glasses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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