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

hypernym	:	agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office,
definition	:	an administrative unit of government (noun.group)

part meronym	:	department of health and human services, health and human services, hhs,
definition	:	the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 (noun.group)