Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phs

1 sense of phs

Sense 1
United States Public Health Service, PHS -- (an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health)
       => agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ph

1 sense of ph

Sense 1
pH, pH scale -- ((from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic);)
       => hydrogen ion concentration -- (the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter)