保ほ健けん士し

noun

(male) public health nurse

Obsolete term for a male public health nurse; the modern equivalent is 保健師 (ほけんし), which is gender-neutral.

See also: 保健師

• かつては男だん性せいの保ほ健けん士しもいたが、現げん在ざいは保ほ健けん師しに統とう一いつされている。

  There used to be male public health nurses called 保健士, but now the term has been unified to 保健師.