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primary care

noun
🔊/ˌpraɪməri ˈkeə(r)/
🔊/ˌpraɪmeri ˈker/
(also primary health care
🔊/ˌpraɪməri ˈhelθ keə(r)/
🔊/ˌpraɪmeri ˈhelθ ker/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. the medical treatment that you receive first when you are ill, for example from your family doctor初级护理；基础医疗；初始的治疗
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrimary care is used before these nouns:
    • doctor
    • physician
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