Ma'anar ƙamus na "kiwon lafiya" yana nufin ayyukan ƙwararrun da kwararrun ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya ke bayarwa, kamar likitoci, ma'aikatan jinya, da sauran ƙwararrun kiwon lafiya, don tantancewa, magani, da hana cututtuka, cututtuka, rauni, da sauran na jiki da yanayin lafiyar kwakwalwa. Kulawar likita na iya haɗawa da gwaje-gwajen likita, gwaje-gwaje, hanyoyin magani, magunguna, hanyoyin kwantar da hankali, tiyata, da sauran nau'ikan jiyya waɗanda ke nufin inganta lafiyar majiyyaci da jin daɗin rayuwa.