gezondheidszorg

Definitions of gezondheidszorg
  1. noun
    professional treatment for illness or injury
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    nabehandeling, nazorg
    care and treatment of a convalescent patient
    hospitalisatie, ziekenhuisopname
    placing in medical care in a hospital
    beregening, besproeiing, bevloeiing, irrigatie
    (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
    fix, shot
    the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
    allopathie
    the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
    homeopathie
    a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
    chemotherapie
    the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
    correctie
    treatment of a specific defect
    galvanisme
    the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
    medicatie
    the act of treating with medicines or remedies
    arbeidstherapie, bezigheidstherapie, welfarewerk
    therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions
    douche, stortbad
    irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents
    darmspoeling, enema, klisteer, klisteerspuit, klysma, klysteerspuit, lavement
    an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
    darmspoeling, enema, klisteer, klysma, lavement
    washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
    bewegingstherapie, fysiotherapie, heilgymnastiek, kinesiatrie, kinesitherapie
    therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
    gespreksbehandeling, psychotherapie, therapie
    the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
    bestraling, bestralingstherapie, irradiatie, radiotherapie, röntgenbestraling
    (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
    schokbehandeling, schoktherapie, shockbehandeling, shocktherapie
    treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
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    behandeling, behandelwijze, geneesmethode, geneeswijze, therapie
    care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
  2. noun
    social insurance for the ill and injured
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    RWW, bijstand, stempelgeld, steun, uitkering, vervangingsinkomen, volksverzekering
    government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue
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