health maintenance organization
noun
a plan for comprehensive health services, prepaid by an individual or by a company for its employees, that provides treatment, preventive care, and hospitalization to each participating member in a central health center. Abbreviation: HMO
Nearby words
health club, health farm, health food, health goth, health insurance, health maintenance organization, health officer, health physics, health professional, health salts, health service commissioner
Origin of health maintenance organization
First recorded in 1970–75
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Medicine definitions for health maintenance organization
health maintenance organization
n.
An HMO.
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