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PHS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
Synonyms:
PHS; United States Public Health Service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("PHS" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("PHS" is a part of...):
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 1979)
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