Licensure
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of conferring a license for an activity. countable, uncountable
- 2 The condition of being licensed. countable, uncountable
"The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors."
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More examples"The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors."
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