tertiary care
tertiary care
nounDefinition of TERTIARY CARE
: highly specialized medical care usually over an extended period of time that involves advanced and complex procedures and treatments performed by medical specialists in state-of-the-art facilities — compare primary care, secondary care
First Known Use of TERTIARY CARE
1979
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