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☆ Medic·aid (med′i kād′)

noun

a public health program through which certain medical and hospital expenses of those having no income, or a low income, are paid for from state and federal funds

Etymology: < medic(al) + aid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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