PHS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does PHS mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

PHS; United States Public Health Service

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

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

Holonyms ("PHS" 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 

In addition, CSR provides central receipt of all PHS applications for research and review.

(NIH Center for Scientific Review, NCI Thesaurus)

The Consolidated Budget Request is a part of the Cancer Center Support Grant Application Form PHS 398.

(Consolidated Budget Request, NCI Thesaurus)

OASH administers and exercises oversight responsibility for the Public Health Service (PHS) and its component health agencies.

(Office of Assistant Secretary of Health, NCI Thesaurus)

The CCGA application (Form PHS-398) requests documentation on the qualifications of the principal investigators and associates, pertinent budget information and justification for the support of this proposed grant.

(Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

The Cancer Center Organizational Capabilities section of the Cancer Center Support Grant Application Form PHS 398 is a part of application describing a cancer center's programmatic structure, administrative organization, advisory groups and decision-making committees and processes.

(Cancer Center Organizational Capabilities Section of Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

The PHS is comprised of all agency divisions of HHS and the Commissioned Corps, uniformed health professionals who serve at HHS and other federal agencies.

(Office of Assistant Secretary of Health, NCI Thesaurus)