national institutes of health
n · noun
Simple meaning
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.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈnæʃənəlɪnstətutsəvɛlθ
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Definition
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n
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
The national health research center of the Philippines that is responsible for biomedical and public health research.
noun
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
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This meaning: The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
Used this way, national institutes of health is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in academic writing and government or politics contexts.
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- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Academic writing
- Government/politics
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