| HARP | homeless and at-risk population |
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| A+E | accident and emergency [department]; analysis and evaluation |
| G and D | growth and development |
| NCA | National Certification Agency; National Council on Aging; National Council on Alcoholism; neurocircu... |
| NPF | nasopharyngeal fiberscope; National Parkinson Foundation; National Pharmaceutical Foundation; Nation... |
| MGDF | Megakaryocyte Growth and Development Factor |
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| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PEG-rHuMGDF | PEGylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| NAHMS | National Animal Health Monitoring System |
| physical therapy department, hospital | Hospital department which is responsible for the administration and provision of diagnostic and medical rehabilitation services to restore or improve the functional capacity of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| psychiatric department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the organization and administration of psychiatric services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| social work department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for administering and providing social services to patients and their families. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nuclear medicine department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and management of nuclear medicine services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgery department, hospital | Hospital department which administers all departmental functions and the provision of surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| department | 1. Act of departing; departure. "Sudden departments from one extreme to another." (Wotton) 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. "Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature." (Macaulay) 4. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics. 5. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire. 6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac. Origin: F. Departement, fr. Departir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Department of Energy | Department within the executive branch of the U.S. Government (at the cabinet level) which has managed and overseen federally-sponsored energy research. It was formed in 1977 from the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Atomic Enegy Commission. Acronym: DOE (10 Nov 1998) |
| imaging department | The diagnostic radiology department. See: imaging, radiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occupational therapy department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of any occupational or work activity for remedial purposes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| education department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for administering educational and training activities pertaining to health for patients and staff. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states department of agriculture | A department of the united states government concerned with improving and maintaining farm income and developing and expanding markets for agricultural products. It also helps landowners in protecting the soil, water, forest, and other natural resources. It carries out rural development and conservation programs. Through inspection and grading services it safeguards and insures standards of quality in food supply and production. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states department of veterans affairs | A division of the executive branch of the united states government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs pertaining to veterans. The department of veterans affairs (va) was established march 15, 1989 as a cabinet-level position. (12 Dec 1998) |
| urology department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the urologic patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bayley Scales of Infant Development | A psychological test used to measure the developmental progress of infants over the first two and one-half years of life; consists of three scales: mental, motor, and behaviour record. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone development | Gross development of bones from foetus to adult. It includes osteogenesis, which is restricted to formation and development of bone from the undifferentiated cells of the germ layers of the embryo. It does not include osseointegration. (12 Dec 1998) |