nnoun.groupan agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public healthSynset:PHS United States Public Health Service
Part Holonyms:Department of Health and Human Services HHS Health and Human Services
Hypernyms:agency authority bureau federal agency government agency office
Inherited Hypernyms:united states public health serviceagencyadministrative unitunitorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
nnoun.attribute(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic)Topic:chemical sciencechemistry
Synset:pH pH scale
Hypernyms:hydrogen ion concentration
Inherited Hypernyms:phhydrogen ion concentrationconcentrationpropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:acidityalkalinityneutrality
Full Hyponyms:acidityalkalinityhyperacidityneutrality