Spanish word

sanidad

Pronunciation

IPA/saniˈðað/

Meaning

  • feminine nounmedical care

Example

La sanidad necesita más inversión para atender a todos.

Medical care needs more investment to serve everyone.

Illustration for sanidad (medical care)

More examples

Los profesionales de la sanidad están agotados tras la pandemia.

Healthcare professionals are exhausted after the pandemic.

Core concept

Public-health system coordinating medical services, disease prevention, and sanitation.

Common phrases

  • sanidad pública

    public health

  • sistema de sanidad

    healthcare system

  • servicios de sanidad

    health services

Similar words

salud: Personal physical and mental well-being, especially freedom from illness.

Definition in Spanish

Conjunto institucional de atención médica y medidas de higiene pública que buscan mantener y mejorar la salud de la sociedad.

Word origin

Derived from Latin sanitas 'health' and passed into Spanish through sanidat, sanidad assumes the institutional sense of organized medical care and hygiene.

Usage tips

  • Sanidad is the usual term for policy, funding, or services in public health, whereas salud denotes a person's health.

Other meanings

  • healthnoun
  • hygienenoun
  • public healthnoun

Opposites

  • enfermedaddiseasenoun
  • insalubridadunhygienic conditionsnoun

Related words

  • sanitariomedicaladjective
  • sanitizarsanitizeverb

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