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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

equipo de atención médica

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-ˈki-po de a-te-ˈsi-on ˈme-di-ka

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Patient-care team/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt keər tiːm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El equipo de atención médica coordinó la cirugía."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A collaborative group of healthcare professionals from various disciplines who work together to provide coordinated, comprehensive care to a specific patient.

    "The patient-care team met weekly to discuss the rehabilitation progress and discharge plan."
  2. 2

    A unified medical unit comprising doctors, nurses, specialists, and support staff assigned to manage a patient's overall treatment regimen.

    "Effective communication among members of the patient-care team significantly reduces medical errors."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The compound term derives from 'patient' (from Latin 'patiens', meaning suffering or enduring), 'care' (from Old English 'caru', meaning sorrow or anxiety, later evolving to mean charge, oversight, or attention), and 'team' (from Old English 'tēam', meaning a set of draft animals or a lineage). It emerged in modern healthcare terminology during the late 20th century to emphasize multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to clinical treatment.

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