| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979.[Wordnet]. | |
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "HHS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HHS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Administration | Department of Health & Human Services. (references) | ||
| Aging | Department of Health. (references) | ||
| Health | 1: Home Health Services. (references) | 2: (Department of) Health & Human Services (also DHHS). (references) | |
| Military | Health and Human Services. (references) | ||
| Women | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Abbreviations & Acronyms: HHS
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| HHS | English | Health and Human Services Department | N/A | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
