health visitornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhelθ ˌvɪz.ɪ.tər/us/ˈhelθ ˌvɪz.ɪ.t̬ɚ/UKa person employed to give advice to people, especially older people and the parents of very young children, about health matters, sometimes by visiting them in their own homes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- charge nurse
- clinician
- consultant
- dental practitioner/surgeon
- doctor's orders
- ENT
- houseman
- LPN
- medical examiner
- mo
- nurse
- nursing
- occupational therapy
- odontologist
- radiographer
- resident
- senior nursing officer
- specialist
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