food nutrient | any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
checkup medical checkup medical examination medical exam medical health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
Secretary of Health and Human Services | the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in |
Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
healthcare health care | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
healthcare delivery health care delivery care delivery | the provision of health care |
health care | social insurance for the ill and injured |
primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
food fish | any fish used for food by human beings |
delicatessen deli food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
dumbwaiter food elevator | a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
food additive artificial additive | an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life |
food court | an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area) |
food processor | a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades, used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food |
food hamper | a hamper for packing and transporting food |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
health spa spa health club | a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness |
medical building health facility healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
turner food turner | cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle, used for turning or serving food |
food food for thought intellectual nourishment | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking |
bill of health | a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) |
occupational safety and health act federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
sanitary code health code | set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc |
Doctor of Public Health DPH | a doctor's degree in preventive medicine |
clean bill of health | an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition, the doctor gave him a clean bill of health |
food solid food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment, food and drink |
comfort food | food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing, typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking |
fast food | inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly |
finger food | food to be eaten with the fingers |
soft diet pap spoon food | a diet that does not require chewing, advised for those with intestinal disorders |
foodstuff food product | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
coloring colouring food coloring food colouring food color food colour | a digestible substance used to give color to food, food color made from vegetable dyes |
food cache | food in a secure or hidden storage place |
fresh food fresh foods | food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking |
frozen food frozen foods | food preserved by freezing |
canned food canned foods canned goods tinned goods | food preserved by canning |
dehydrated food dehydrated foods | food preserved by dehydration |
convenience food | any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating |
delicatessen delicatessen food | ready-to-eat food products |
takeout takeout food takeaway | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises, in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
devil's food devil's food cake | very dark chocolate cake |
angel cake angel food cake | a light sponge cake made without egg yolks |
health food | any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |
junk food | food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value |
breakfast food | any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast |
raw vegetable rabbit food | an uncooked vegetable |
snack food | food for light meals or for eating between meals |
grain food grain cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
cud rechewed food | food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again |
bird feed bird food birdseed | food given to birds, usually mixed seeds |