NIH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NIH mean? 

• NIH (noun)
  The noun NIH has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: NIH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIH (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

National Institutes of Health; NIH

Hypernyms ("NIH" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Meronyms (parts of "NIH"):

National Library of Medicine; U.S. National Library of Medicine; United States National Library of Medicine (the world's largest medical library)

Holonyms ("NIH" is a part of...):

Department 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 1979)

 Context examples 

NIH: Major category of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

(Biologically Based Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

(Diabetic Nerve Problems, NIH)

NIH Emphasis Area — Innovative approaches to pathogenesis, resulting from more precise understanding of genes, proteins, and cells, are transforming traditional descriptions of disease processes.

(New Approaches to Pathogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Source: Stem Cell Information, NIH, USDHHS

(Adult stem cell, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In 2004, Dr. Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky of NIH’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) examined a 10-year-old girl who had signs of systemic inflammation, especially in the blood vessels.

(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)

Now, an NIH study suggests that astrocytes may also have their say.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

To investigate whether gut microbes can affect cancer treatments, scientists at NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) studied germ-free mice, raised in sterile conditions from birth.

(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)

NIH Emphasis Area: Research in new procedures and approaches to prevent disease.

(New Prevention Strategies Against Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) provides staff support to the Office of the Director, NIH, in the formulation of grant application review policies and procedures.

(NIH Center for Scientific Review, NCI Thesaurus)

The Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) is organizationally located in the Office of the Director, NIH.

(Office for Protection from Research Risks, NCI Thesaurus)