state medicine

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noun

socialized medicine.

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of state medicine

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby state medicine

state duma, state enrolled nurse, state flower, state function, state house, state medicine, state of aden, state of grace, state of matter, state of the art, state of the union address
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Words related to state medicine

Medicaid, Medicare

Example sentences from the Web for state medicine

  • State-medicine and sanitation have received an immense impulse.

    Parasites|T. Spencer Cobbold