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 |
survey study | a detailed critical inspection |
view survey sight | the act of looking or seeing or observing, he tried to get a better view of it, his survey of the battlefield was limited |
scouting exploratory survey reconnoitering reconnoitring | exploring in order to gain information, scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous |
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 |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent, serious defoliator of deciduous trees |
forest goat spindle horn Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
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 |
sketch survey resume | short descriptive summary (of events) |
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 |
forest fire | an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area |
health food | any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |
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 |
Ordnance Survey | the official cartography agency of the British government |
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 |
forest wood woods | the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
rain forest rainforest | a forest with heavy annual rainfall |
temperate rain forest | a rain forest in a temperate area |
tropical rain forest selva | a rain forest in a tropical area |
Petrified Forest National Park | a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees |
New Forest | an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in , originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland, noted for its ponies |
Black Forest Schwarzwald | a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany |
forest woodland timberland timber | land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
riparian forest | woodlands along the banks of stream or river |
Sherwood Forest | an ancient forest in central England, formerly a royal hunting ground, said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band |
satyr forest god | one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, identified with Roman fauns |
fire warden forest fire fighter ranger | an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest |
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 |
De Forest Lee De Forest Father of Radio | United States electrical engineer who inpatented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (-) |
forest red gum Eucalypt tereticornis | tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
health insurance | insurance against loss due to ill health |
health maintenance organization HMO | group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians |