U.S. National Library of Medicine
- proper noun
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Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de EE. UU.
- Did you visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine last week?
Examples
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Researchers often visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine to access rare medical journals and historical documents.
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She published her study in a database maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine provides online resources such as PubMed for healthcare professionals worldwide.
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine provides extensive resources for medical research.
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers a wealth of resources for researchers studying public health.
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Researchers often rely on the U.S. National Library of Medicine for access to crucial medical publications.
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine maintains extensive databases that support biomedical research globally.
Synonyms
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A large United States government center that gives access to medical research and health information
The largest medical library in the world, run by the U.S. government in Bethesda, Maryland
Surface Forms
Morphology
U.S. + national + library + of + medicine
The name is fully compositional: 'U.S.' identifies the country, 'national' marks a government-level institution, 'library' denotes a collection for information, and 'of medicine' specifies the medical domain. A B1 learner who knows these constituents can readily infer this refers to the United States' national medical library, since this noun-of-noun descriptive pattern is common across languages.
Etymology
U.S. National Library of Medicine began as the main place where the United States kept and shared books, papers, and information about medicine. That's why the name now means the big government library people go to for 'medical information'.