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Health and Human Services
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979Department of Health and Human Services, HHSexecutive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United StatesFDA, Food and Drug Administration - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related productsCDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)PHS, United States Public Health Service - an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public healthNational Institutes of Health, NIH - an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government |
AcronymsSeeHHSHealth and Human Services
Synonyms for Health and Human Servicesnoun the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfareSynonyms- Department of Health and Human Services
- HHS
Related Words- executive department
- FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- CDC
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- PHS
- United States Public Health Service
- National Institutes of Health
- NIH
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