Word info

allied health

Noun

Meaning

allied health (uncountable)

The range of health care services outside the scope of the medicine, dentistry and nursing professions, e.g. music therapy, physiotherapy, optometry, etc.
Hypernym: health care (healthcare)
Coordinate terms: dentistry, medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Allied health professionals are angry with Mater over its decision to introduce a new pay and conditions scale for new employees that would see them paid less than existing employees in the same positions. Source: Internet

He was the Professor of Toxicology & Dean of the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences in UKM, visiting professor at Kyoto University and Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Yale School of Public Health. Source: Internet

The letter dated September 25 was signed by Chairmen of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Comrade C.K. Monde, and Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), Comrade O.O. Farotimi. Source: Internet

The program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). Source: Internet

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