MALPRACTICE INSURANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malpractice insurance mean? 

• MALPRACTICE INSURANCE (noun)
  The noun MALPRACTICE INSURANCE has 1 sense:

1. insurance purchased by physicians and hospitals to cover the cost of being sued for malpractice

  Familiarity information: MALPRACTICE INSURANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALPRACTICE INSURANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Insurance purchased by physicians and hospitals to cover the cost of being sued for malpractice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

obstetricians have to pay high rates for malpractice insurance

Hypernyms ("malpractice insurance" is a kind of...):

insurance (promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company)