institute : Idioms & Phrases
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Institutes of medicine
- theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.
Webster 1913
massachusetts institute of technology
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noun an engineering university in Cambridge
MIT.
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national institute of justice
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noun the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
NIJ.
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national institute of standards and technology
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noun an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
NIST.
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national institutes of health
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noun 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
NIH.
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polytechnic institute
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noun a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
engineering school; polytechnic.
