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sanidad

public health

noun sah-nee-DAHD Rare

Also means

sanitation

Usage Note

Sanidad denotes public health as an institutional system — Ministerio de Sanidad (Ministry of Health) in Spain. It is broader than salud (health of an individual) and more systemic than higiene (hygiene). In everyday speech, Spaniards say ir a sanidad to mean visiting the public health service; the word is less institutionally common in Latin America, where salud pública is preferred.

Examples

"El Ministerio de Sanidad anunció nuevas medidas preventivas."

Natural Translation

The Ministry of Health announced new preventive measures.

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