person
individual
someone
somebody
mortal
soul | a human being, there was too much for one person to do |
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 |
| services | performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others, the mayor tried to maintain city services, the medical services are excellent |
| 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 |
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 |
individual retirement account
IRA | a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement, taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred |
| 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 |
| 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 |
military
armed forces
armed services
military machine
war machine | the military forces of a nation, their military is the largest in the region, the military machine is the same one we faced in but now it is weaker |
World Health Organization
WHO | a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services |
Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada
CISC | an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies |
Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
Inter-Services Intelligence
ISI | the Pakistan intelligence agency, a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force, has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities, has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups |
Shin Bet
General Security Services | the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency, the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA | a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment |
General Services Administration
GSA | a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management |
health professional
primary care provider
PCP
health care provider
caregiver | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
| individual | a single organism |
| 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 |
| 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 |
consumption
economic consumption
usance
use
use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing, the consumption of energy has increased steadily |
| health | the general condition of body and mind, his delicate health, in poor health |
good health
healthiness | the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease |
ill health
unhealthiness
health problem | a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain |
| mental health | the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment |
health
wellness | a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease, physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients |
| health hazard | hazard to the health of those exposed to it |
individual
single | being or characteristic of a single thing or person, individual drops of rain, please mark the individual pages, they went their individual ways |
individual
case-by-case
item-by-item | separate and distinct from others of the same kind, mark the individual pages, on a case-by-case basis |
individual(a)
private | concerning one person exclusively, we all have individual cars, each room has a private bath |
individual
single(a) | characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing, an individual serving, single occupancy, a single bed |
individually
separately singly severally
one by one on an individual basis | apart from others, taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square, the fine points are treated singly |