index case
index case · index cases
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Indexpatient
The first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case…The first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation: the case of patient zero (the index patient).
Meaning
1 sensesThe first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation: the case of patient zero (the index patient).
Indexpatient
нулевой пациентnulevoj pacijent
the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
Translations
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By meaning 1
first documented patient in a disease epidemic:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
first documented patient in a disease epidemic:
Forms
plural: index cases| Singular | index case |
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Word family
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