Definition of National library of medicine

1. Noun. The world's largest medical library.


Medical Definition of National library of medicine

1. An agency of the national institutes of health concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs pertaining to various aspects of documentation and library services in the field of medicine. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of National Library Of Medicine

national emblems
national environmental policy act
national epic
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national flag
national grid
national health planning information centre
national health programs
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national holidays
national income
national institute for occupational safety and health
national institute of mental health
national insurance
national leader
national library of medicine (current term)
national monument
national park
national parks
national practitioner data bank
national revival
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national security
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national socialism
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national trading policy
national treasure
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nationalisation

Literary usage of National library of medicine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Sixteenth-Century Spanish Bookstore: The Inventory of Juan De Junta by William A. Pettas (1995)
"National Library of Medicine. Durling, no. 1853. 32i Galenus. ... National Library of Medicine (1548 ed.). Durling, no. 1878. 331 Galenus. ..."

2. Status of Federal Libraries and Information Centers in the U.S: Results from by Evelyn F. Hawkins, Robert J. Rossi (1999)
"The data for the three largest national libraries—the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library—are ..."

3. Access EPA: Major EPA Environmental Databases (1994)
"Washington, DC 20460 (202) 382-4048 (CML) National Library of Medicine (NLM) Certain EPA systems utilize the resources of the National Library of Medicine ..."

4. The Swift Progress of Population: A Documentary and Bibliographic Study of by Susan E. Klepp (1991)
"The Christ Church bills of mortality were more widely scattered in repositories including the Huntington Library, the National Library of Medicine, ..."

5. Environmental Issues in Primary Careedited by Barbara S. Murdock edited by Barbara S. Murdock (1994)
"The National library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest research library in a single scientific or professional field. The library collects materials ..."

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