HMO
noun[C]
uk/ˌeɪtʃ.emˈəʊ/us/ˌeɪtʃ.emˈoʊ/pluralHMOsHMOnoun[C](MEDICAL)
US
abbreviationforhealthmaintenanceorganization: agroupthatprovideshealthcaretopeoplewhopaytojoinit:
卫生维护组织（为付钱入会的会员提供卫生保健的组织，health maintenance organization的缩写）For amonthlyflatfee,paidby theconsumeroremployer, HMOsprovideaspecifiedlistofmedicalservicesboth in andoutsidethehospital.个人或雇主每月交纳固定费用，卫生维护组织向其提供医院内外的一系列特定的医疗服务。
Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- accident and emergency
- aid station
- biotech
- birth centre
- blood bank
- clinic
- consulting room
- dispensary
- institutional
- madhouse
- maternity ward
- NICU
- NIH
- non-hospital
- out of hoursidiom
- outpatients
- PICU
- socialized medicine
- ward
HMOnoun[C](SHARED HOUSE)
UK
abbreviationforhouseinmultipleoccupation: ahousesharedby severalpeoplewho are not all from the samefamily:
多人租用房（几个人同住的房子，尤指无收入或低收入的人，从政府部门获得补助，house in multiple occupation的缩写）Today, the once-grandstreetsarecharacterizedbydecayingHMOs,sorelyin need not just ofredecorationbut morefundamentalrepair.如今，在曾经富丽堂皇的街道上，破烂的合租房却成了其最大特征，这些房子亟需的不仅是简单的再装修，而是根本性的修建。
Houses & homes
- A-frame
- ADU
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- door
- dorm
- dormitory
- dosshouse
- duplex
- multifamily
- Nissen hut
- non-housing
- old people's home
- palace
- tipi
- tollhouse
- tower block
- town house
- townhouse