primary carenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpraɪ.mə.ri ˈkeər/us/ˌpraɪ.mɚ.i ˈker/medical treatment provided by local doctors or other health workers, rather than special treatment in a hospital
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: general words
- first aid
- first-aider
- general practice
- gynaecological
- irradiation
- med
- medical
- medicine
- modality
- muti
- non-surgical
- orthodox medicine
- orthopaedic
- quackery
- reconstructive
- restorative
- soothing
- surgical
- surgically
- telemedicine
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