act
deed
human action
human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
| 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 |
| human reproductive cloning | the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being, generally considered ethically unacceptable |
| Human Genome Project | an international study of the entire human genetic material |
human Tell leukemia virus-
HTLV- | retrovirus causing Tell leukemia |
human immunodeficiency virus
HIV | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), it replicates in and kills the helper T cells |
| human papilloma virus | any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors |
human botfly
Dermatobia hominis | large tropical American fly, parasitic on humans and other mammals |
homo
man human being
human | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
world
human race
humanity
humankind
human beings
humans
mankind
man | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth, all the world loves a lover, she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women |
body bag
personnel pouch
human remains pouch | a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed |
Segway
Segway Human Transporter
Segway HT | (trademark) a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels, can operate in any level pedestrian environment |
| human nature | the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings, a great observer of human nature |
absorptivity
absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
sun protection factor
SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
| human right | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law) |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
recombinant human insulin
Humulin | a form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin, used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin |
releasing hormone
RH
releasing factor
hypothalamic releasing hormone
hypothalamic releasing factor | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones, each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
somatotropin
somatotrophin
somatotropic hormone
somatotrophic hormone
STH
human growth hormone
growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
gene
cistron
factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain, it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons, it is considered a unit of heredity, genes were formerly called factors |
| human head | the head of a human being |
foot human foot
pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint, his bare feet projected from his trousers, armored from head to foot |
knee
knee joint
human knee
articulatio genus
genu | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |
elbow
elbow joint
human elbow
cubitus
cubital joint
articulatio cubiti | hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped |
face
human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear, he washed his face, I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news |
| cognitive factor | something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result |
determinant
determiner
determinative
determining factor
causal factor | a determining or causal element or factor, education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life |
clincher
decisive factor | a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively |
| factor | an independent variable in statistics |
component
constituent
element
factor
ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
| factor analysis | any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors, beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data |
paleoanthropology
palaeoanthropology
human paleontology
human palaeontology | the scientific study of human fossils |
natural language processing
NLP
human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
demography
human ecology | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
PF | a selfeport personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits |
clincher
determiner determining factor | an argument that is conclusive |
| factor | anything that contributes causally to a result, a number of factors determined the outcome |
fatality
human death | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster, a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities |
Department of Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
HHS | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare, created in |
| Commission on Human Rights | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights |
agent factor
broker | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission |
powerhouse
human dynamo
ball of fire fireball | a highly energetic and indefatigable person |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter |
| human process | a process in which human beings are involved |
coefficient of reflection
reflection factor
reflectance
reflectivity | the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface |
| factor | any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together |
| conversion factor | factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units |
factor of proportionality
constant of proportionality | the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y, usually written y kx, where k is the factor of proportionality |
| prime factor | the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity |