bill of health
noun
A certificate relating to the incidence of infectious disease on a ship or in the port from which it has sailed.I got the bill of health signed, but don't you forget deary-Quinn's binnacle list....
- Vessels clearing from a foreign port to a port in the United States, or one of their dependencies, and touching at any port of the Canal Zone, or Panama or of Colon, Republic of Panama, shall not be required to obtain an additional bill of health under the quarantine rules and regulations of the Panama Canal.
- Any vessel leaving any port in the Philippine Islands for any port in the United States or its Dependencies shall obtain a bill of health from the quarantine officer when such officer is on duty.
Phrases
a clean bill of health
- Metroland
- Metrolander
- Metro-lander
- Metroliner
- Metro-liner
- Metrolink
- metrological
- metrologist
- metrology
- productize
- product liability
- product mix
- product moment
- product of inertia
- product of mobility
- productor
- product placement
- product recall
- productress
- produit net
- proegumenal
- proegumenic
- proem
- proembryo
- proembryonic