National Institutes Of Health (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The National Institutes of Health funded a research grant to study the causes of cancer.
- Scientists from around the world attended a conference hosted by the National Institutes of Health to discuss recent breakthroughs in gene therapy.
- As part of her medical school curriculum, the student interned at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
- A government audit revealed that the National Institutes of Health had wasted millions of dollars on unnecessary administrative expenses.
- Researchers at the National Institutes of Health announced the discovery of a new genetic disorder after analyzing DNA samples from affected families.