kesehatan masyarakat

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kesehatan (“health”) +‎ masyarakat (“public”), calque of Dutch volksgezondheid (“public health”).

Noun

kesehatan masyarakat (first-person possessive kesehatan masyarakatku, second-person possessive kesehatan masyarakatmu, third-person possessive kesehatan masyarakatnya)

1. (medicine, uncountable) public health.

   Synonym: kesihatan awam (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• ilmu kesehatan masyarakat

 

Further reading

• “kesehatan masyarakat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.