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 |
pis aller last resort | an expedient adopted only in desperation, `pis aller' is French for `worst going' |
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 |
recourse resort refuge | act of turning to for assistance, have recourse to the courts, an appeal to his uncle was his last resort |
summer tanager summer redbird Piranga rubra | of middle and southern United States, male is deep roseed the female mostly yellow |
wood duck summer duck wood widgeon Aix sponsa | showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees |
summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus | flounder of eastern coast of North America |
camp summer camp | a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months, city kids get to see the country at a summer camp |
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 |
resort hotel spa | a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area |
summer house | a country house (usually located in the country) that provides a cool place to live in the summer |
recourse refuge resort | something or someone turned to for assistance or security, his only recourse was the police, took refuge in lying |
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 |
summer stock | theatrical productions performed by a stock company during the summer |
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 |
health food | any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |
summer squash | any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer, eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden |
crookneck crookneck squash summer crookneck | yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin |
summer savory summer savoury | herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses |
health profession | the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients |
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 |
United States Public Health Service PHS | an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General, includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health |
National 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 |
Department of Health Education and Welfare | a former executive department of the United States government, created in and divided in |
World Health Organization WHO | a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA | a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment |
honeymoon resort | a resort that caters to newlyweds, Niagra Falls is a well-known honeymoon resort |
haunt hangout resort repair stamping ground | a frequently visited place |
resort resort hotel holiday resort | a hotel located in a resort area |
resort area playground vacation spot | an area where many people go for recreation |
ski resort | a resort with lodging and facilities for skiing |
health professional primary care provider PCP health care provider caregiver | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
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 |
American bugbane summer cohosh Cimicifuga americana | bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers |
snow-in-summer love-in-a-mist Cerastium tomentosum | chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers |
summer cypress burning bush fire bush fire-bush belvedere Bassia scoparia Kochia scoparia | densely branched Eurasian plant, foliage turns purpleed in autumn |
summer squash summer squash vine Cucurbita pepo melopepo | any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden |
sweet pepperbush pepper bush summer sweet white alder Clethra alnifolia | shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers |
summer hyacinth cape hyacinth Hyacinthus candicans Galtonia candicans | southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers |
starflower sleepy dick summer snowflake Ornithogalum umbellatum | common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes, naturalized in the eastern United States |
damask rose summer damask rose Rosa damascena | large hardy very fragrant pink rose, cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses, parent of many hybrids |