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Supplementary health insurance
Medigap insurance.
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Supplementary data system (SDS)
A voluntary program in which participating states code accident and injury cases from workers’ compensation agencies. The information is provided to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the development of a database to identify when occupational health and safety problems exist.
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Supplemental security income (SSI)
A national program that provides supplemental payments to older persons who already receive public assistance. The program’s aim is to raise the incomes of these people to the poverty threshold. A program of income support for low-income aged, blind and disabled persons, established by title XVI of the Social Security Act. SSI replaced State welfare…
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Supplementary factors
Factors that modify a more fundamental factor.
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Supine position
Lying on the back.
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Supersaturation
In chemistry, the condition in which a solvent has dissolved a greater quantity of a solute than it is capable of at a particular temperature.
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Superordinate goals
Goals that can be achieved only by working together as a group.
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Supernutrition
Any dietary regimen of specialized foods and nutritional supplements designed to increase the quality of body functioning. Used frequently by athletes. Usually not necessary or effective.
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Supermale
A male possessing the XYY chromosomal structure.
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Superintendent
The chief school administrative officer in local school districts.
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