zdravotní

Zdravotné is a Slovak adjective meaning health-related or medical. It is used to describe things connected with health care, public health, or medical services and is common in terminology across the health sector. The word forms part of many compound terms that label institutions, policies, equipment, and activities in health care.

In usage, zdravotné describes nouns in contexts such as health insurance, medical facilities, and health measures. Examples include zdravotné poistenie (health insurance), zdravotné zariadenia (medical facilities), zdravotné opatrenia (health measures), zdravotné služby (health services), and zdravotné strediská (health centers). The form is flexible and agrees with the gender and number of the head noun; it appears in neuter singular, feminine plural, and other coordinated forms as required by Slovak grammar.

Etymology and relation to other terms: zdravotné derives from zdravie (health) with the standard adjectival endings, forming a broad class of health-related descriptors. It is closely related to zda­votný (medical) in broader medical discourse, though everyday usage often favors phrases like zdravotná starostlivosť for “health care,” where the feminine singular form zdravotná is used with feminine nouns.

See also: Slovak terminology in health care; Czech parallel zdravotni; general concepts of health policy, public health, and medical services.