noun
Definition
: Close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective); also : supervision
Examples
Government surveillance of suspected terrorists
The bank robbery was recorded by surveillance video cameras.
dis·ease \di-ˈzēz\
noun
Definition
1. obsolete : trouble
2. : a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms : sickness, malady
3. : a harmful development (as in a social institution)
— dis·eased adjective
Examples
He suffers from a rare genetic disease.
A disease of the mind
Thousands die of heart disease each year.
Medical Definition
: an impairment of the normal state of the living animal or plant body or one of its parts that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions, is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms, and is a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate), to specific infective agents (as worms, bacteria, or viruses), to inherent defects of the organism (as genetic anomalies), or to combinations of these factors : sickness, illness—called also morbus; compare health
—dis·eased adjective
com·mu·ni·ca·ble \kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl\
adj
Definition
- capable of being communicated : transmittable <communicable diseases>
- : communicative <prove myself a gentleman, by being … virtuous and communicable — Izaac Walton>
— com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty noun
— com·mu·ni·ca·ble·ness noun
— com·mu·ni·ca·bly adverb
Examples
- <communicable diseases that are usually transmitted sexually>
Related
Synonyms: catching, contagious, pestilent, transmissible, transmittable
Antonyms: noncommunicable
Medical Definition
: capable of being transmitted from person to person, animal to animal, animal to human, or human to animal : transmissible
—com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty noun, plural com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ties
non·com·mu·ni·ca·ble \-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl\
adj
Definition
: Not capable of being communicated; specifically : not transmissible by direct contact <a noncommunicable disease>
communicable disease
noun
Definition
: An infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual's discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector)—compare contagious disease
out·break \ˈau̇t-ˌbrāk\
noun
Definition
1. a : a sudden or violent increase in activity or currency <the outbreak of war> b : a sudden rise in the incidence of a disease <an outbreak of measles> c : a sudden increase in numbers of a harmful organism and especially an insect within a particular area <an outbreak of locusts>
2. : insurrection, revolt
Examples
<There was an immediate outbreak of paper shuffling and a pretense of work when the supervisor passed through the room>
<The government quelled the outbreak with ruthless efficiency>
en·dem·ic \en-ˈdem-ik, in-\
adj
Definition
: Restricted or peculiar to a locality or region <endemic diseases> <an endemic species>—compare epidemic , sporadic
—en·dem·i·cal·ly adverb
noun
Definition
1. : an endemic disease or an instance of its occurrence
2. : an endemic organism
spo·rad·ic \spə-ˈrad-ik\
adj
Definition
1. : occurring occasionally, singly, or in scattered instances <sporadic diseases>—compare endemic, epidemic
2. : arising or occurring randomly with no known cause <sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease>
—spo·rad·i·cal·ly adverb
ep·i·dem·ic \ˌep-ə-ˈdem-ik\
adj
Definition
1. : affecting or tending to affect an atypically large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time <typhoid was epidemic>—compare endemic, sporadic
2. : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic <coronary disease…has hit epidemic proportions—Herbert Ratner>
—ep·i·dem·i·cal·ly adverb
noun
Definition
1. : an outbreak of epidemic disease
2. : a natural population (as of insects) suddenly and greatly enlarge
pan·dem·ic \pan-ˈdem-ik\
adj
Definition
: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population <pandemic malaria> <pandemic influenza>
noun
Definition
: A pandemic outbreak of a disease
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