health : Idioms & Phrases

• a certificate from the proper authrity that a ship is free from infection.

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• noun a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival)
  

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• a certificate from the proper authorities as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time of her leaving port.

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• noun an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition
  
  • the doctor gave him a clean bill of health

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• noun the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
  HHS; Department of Health and Human Services.
  

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• noun a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
  DPH.
  

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• a certificate, duly authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are infected.

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• noun the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
  healthiness.
  

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• noun the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
  HHS; Department of Health and Human Services.
  

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• noun social insurance for the ill and injured
  
• noun the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
  healthcare.
  

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• noun the provision of health care
  care delivery; healthcare delivery.
  

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• noun a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
  caregiver; PCP; primary care provider; health care provider.
  

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• noun a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
  checkup; medical checkup; medical examination; medical; medical exam.
  

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• noun a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
  spa; health club.
  

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• noun set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc
  sanitary code.
  

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• noun building where medicine is practiced
  medical building; healthcare facility.
  

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• noun any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health
  

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• noun hazard to the health of those exposed to it
  

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• noun insurance against loss due to ill health
  

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• a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; also called lifting machine.

Webster 1913

• noun group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
  HMO.
  

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• one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.

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• noun a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
  unhealthiness; health problem.
  

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• noun the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients
  

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• noun a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
  caregiver; PCP; primary care provider; health care provider.
  

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• noun a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
  spa; health club.
  

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• noun a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
  unhealthiness; health problem.
  

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• noun the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment
  

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• 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
  NIH.
  

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• noun a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
  federal job safety law.
  

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• noun a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
  OSHA.
  

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• noun health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system
  

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• noun the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services
  
  • the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter
• noun the position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services
  
  • the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services was created by Congress in 1979

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• noun head of a former executive department created in 1953 and divided into two departments in 1979
  

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• . See under Drink.

Webster 1913

• to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

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• noun an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
  PHS.
  

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• noun a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
  WHO.
  

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