the National Health Servicenoun
uk/ˌnæʃ.ən.əl ˈhelθ ˌsɜː.vɪs/us/ˌnæʃ.ən.əl ˈhelθ ˌsɝː.vɪs/abbreviation the NHSthe service in the UK that provides free or cheap medical treatment for everyone and is paid for through taxes:
Can you get acupuncture on (= paid for by) the National Health Service?
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Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- ENT
- er
- health maintenance organization
- institution
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- the funny farm
- theatre
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National Health
adjective ukusalso NHS
a National Health hospital
Is your dentist private or NHS?