medicaid

1. 1.

   health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

   Broaderhealth care

Other forms of medicaid

plural

medicaids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about medicaid

What does medicaid mean?

medicaid means "health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program".

How many syllables are in medicaid?

medicaid has 3 syllables: med-i-caid. The stress falls on "med". In IPA it is /ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd/.