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National Gallery of Canada
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National Institutes of Health
Na·tion·al In·sti·tutes of Health


noun 
Definition:
 
U.S. agency responsible for health: an agency of the U.S. federal government that conducts and supports medical research and programs designed to improve the health of the nation ( takes a singular verb )

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