health tourism
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The practice of travelling to a country to take advantage of its state healthcare system.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "THE NHS is facing calls to clamp down on the so-called health tourism sham which sees foreigners land in Britain to abuse our free health service and return home leaving UK taxpayers to foot the bill."