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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
Synonyms:
W.H.O.; WHO; World Health Organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("World Health Organization" is a kind of...):
UN agency; United Nations agency (an agency of the United Nations)
Context examples:
International Agency for Research on Cancer is part of the World Health Organization that coordinates and conducts both epidemiological and laboratory research into the causes of cancer.
(International Agency for Research on Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes has been rising alarmingly in recent decades — with the fastest increase in low- and middle-income countries — and could affect 580 million people by 2035.
(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)
A unit of anti-coagulation potency of antithrombin determined as the amount of antithrombin that neutralizes one unit of World Health Organization preparation 89/588 of thrombin.
(Anti-Thrombin Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
The second edition of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, published by the World Health Organization in 1992, and used for coding neoplasms between 1992 and 2000.
(International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Second Edition, NCI Thesaurus)
Half of mental health disorders arise before the age of 14, but most cases are not detected or treated until much later, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization.
(Half of mental health disorders arise in adolescence, SciDev.Net)
A system, commonly called the INR, established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee on Thrombosis and Hemostasis for reporting the results of blood coagulation (clotting) tests.
(International Normalized Ratio, NCI Thesaurus)
An adverse reaction terminology created in Japan, based on the World Health Organization's Adverse Reaction Terminology.
(Japanese Adverse Reaction Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
The tenth version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), published by the World Health Organization in 1992.
(International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, NCI Thesaurus)
Arsenic poisoning from drinking contaminated groundwater affects about 140 million people in 50 countries and an estimated 43,000 people die of it annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)
The ninth version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), published by the World Health Organization in 1977.
(International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, NCI Thesaurus)
