health maintenance organization

English

Noun

health maintenance organization (plural health maintenance organizations)

  2. (US, medicine) A medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee.
    Alternative form: HMO (initialism)
    Hypernyms: organization < entity
    Hyponym: DHMO (dental HMO)
    Coordinate terms: PPO, EPO
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