medical tourist
noun [ C ] mainly US uk/ˌmed.ɪ.kəl ˈtʊə.rɪst/ us/ˌmed.ɪ.kəl ˈtʊr.ɪst/ (UK usually health tourist)
医疗游客(指到国外接受治疗的人,特别是因为那里比自己国家便宜)
a person who travels to a foreign country for medical treatment, especially because it is less expensive than in their own country
Big hospitals catering to medical tourists have Web sites with physician biographies and contact information. 面向医疗游客的大医院都设有网站,上面有医生的简历和联系方式。
She joined a growing number of medical tourists in March when she sought stem cell therapy in Russia. 医疗游客越来越多,她也加入了这个行列,三月份去往俄罗斯寻求干细胞治疗。
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- No government records are available on how many medical tourists come to South Korea.
- The pair travelled to Mexico to have plastic surgery, joining the ranks of medical tourists who are venturing outside the United States for cosmetic surgery.
- Overseas hospitals catering to medical tourists are taking only those patients who are least likely to encounter medical complications.