public healthn.

Brit.

/ˌpʌblɪk ˈhɛlθ/, U.S.

/ˌpəblɪk ˈhɛlθ/

Forms: see public adj. and n. and health n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: public adj., health n.

Etymology: < public adj. + health n.

The health of the population as a whole, esp. as monitored, regulated, and promoted by the state (by provision of sanitation, vaccination, etc.). Also: the branch of medicine dealing with this (including hygiene, epidemiology, prevention of infectious diseases, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [noun] > of community

public health1617

national health1847

community health1856

general health1870

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 252 Appoint chiefe men to the office of providing for the publike health, calling the place where they meete, the Office of Health.

1716 B. Grosvenor Health p. i The pestilential Diseases that have..walked their Rounds in Germany, Poland..and some Parts of France, made us all very apprehensive for the public Health of our own Countrey.

1799 R. Walker Mem. of Med. p. xiv It is to be lamented, that any of those, intrusted with the important care of public health, should be ignorant of the origin and progress of the art, in which they are engaged.

1814 Regent's Park 25 It reserves a great pomœrium for the public health and recreation.

1846 Parl. Papers I. 257 (heading) A bill for providing cemeteries, and promoting public health, in towns and populous districts.

1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 July 106 Inspectorships of public health.

1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 50/2 In no field of human activity do the laws present such a bewildering maze of fact and fallacy, of the unenforceable and the unobeyable, as that of public health.

1981 Science 13 Nov. 760/1 Malaria is likely to persist as a major public health problem along the Transamazon.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 15 Jan. 50/3 The heavy doses of antibiotics given to farm animals are a clearer threat to public health..because they spawn antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may spread from animals to people.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	public health
释义	public healthn. Brit. /ˌpʌblɪk ˈhɛlθ/, U.S. /ˌpəblɪk ˈhɛlθ/ Forms: see public adj. and n. and health n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: public adj., health n. Etymology: < public adj. + health n. The health of the population as a whole, esp. as monitored, regulated, and promoted by the state (by provision of sanitation, vaccination, etc.). Also: the branch of medicine dealing with this (including hygiene, epidemiology, prevention of infectious diseases, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > of community public health1617 national health1847 community health1856 general health1870 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 252 Appoint chiefe men to the office of providing for the publike health, calling the place where they meete, the Office of Health. 1716 B. Grosvenor Health p. i The pestilential Diseases that have..walked their Rounds in Germany, Poland..and some Parts of France, made us all very apprehensive for the public Health of our own Countrey. 1799 R. Walker Mem. of Med. p. xiv It is to be lamented, that any of those, intrusted with the important care of public health, should be ignorant of the origin and progress of the art, in which they are engaged. 1814 Regent's Park 25 It reserves a great pomœrium for the public health and recreation. 1846 Parl. Papers I. 257 (heading) A bill for providing cemeteries, and promoting public health, in towns and populous districts. 1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 July 106 Inspectorships of public health. 1924 Amer. Mercury Sept. 50/2 In no field of human activity do the laws present such a bewildering maze of fact and fallacy, of the unenforceable and the unobeyable, as that of public health. 1981 Science 13 Nov. 760/1 Malaria is likely to persist as a major public health problem along the Transamazon. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 15 Jan. 50/3 The heavy doses of antibiotics given to farm animals are a clearer threat to public health..because they spawn antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may spread from animals to people. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1617
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