Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

health risk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
health risk
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A possibility that an individual will incur medical care expenses, illness-related costs, or other health-related losses that an insurer may be required to cover.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does health risk mean?
Something that endangers a person's health; any situation, condition or practice that raises the likelihood of illness, disease or injury.

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