national_institutes_of_health | ||
1. | [ noun ] (government) 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 | |
Synonyms: | nih | |
Related terms: | agency Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services national_library_of_medicine | |
Similar spelling: |
national_institute_of_justice |