medical tourism
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noun
tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism.
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Also called health tourism .
Origin of medical tourism
First recorded in 1965–70
OTHER WORDS FROM medical tourism
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