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United States Public Health Service ThesaurusNoun | 1. | United States Public Health Service - an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public healthPHSDepartment 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 1979bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" |
United States Public Health Service
United States Public Health Service (USPHS) a governmental health agency that is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; see also public health.U·ni·ted States Pub·lic Health Ser·vice (USPHS), (yū-nī'tĕd stāts pŭb'lik helth ser'vis), A bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services, served by a corps of medical officers presided over by the Surgeon General, concerned with scientific research, domestic and insular quarantine, administration of government hospitals, publication of sanitary reports, and statistics; associated with it are the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other units.U·ni·ted States Pub·lic Health Ser·vice (USPHS) (yū-nī'tĕd stāts pŭb'lik helth sĕr'vis) A bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, served by a corps of medical officers presided over by the Surgeon General, concerned with scientific research, domestic and insular quarantine, administration of government hospitals, publication of sanitary reports, and statistics; associated with it are the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other agencies. Uni·ted States Pub·lic Health Ser·vice (USPHS) (yū-nī'tĕd stāts pŭb'lik helth sĕr'vis) Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, served by a corps of medical officers presided over by the Surgeon General, concerned with scientific research, domestic and insular quarantine, administration of government hospitals, publication of sanitary reports, and statistics. LegalSeePublic Health ServiceAcronymsSeeUSPHSUnited States Public Health Service
Synonyms for United States Public Health Servicenoun an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon GeneralSynonymsRelated Words- Department of Health and Human Services
- Health and Human Services
- HHS
- bureau
- federal agency
- government agency
- agency
- office
- authority
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