| concurrent disinfection | Application of disinfective measures as soon as possible after discharge of infectious material from the body of an infected person, or after soiling of articles with such infectious discharges. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| disinfection | <dentistry> A cleaning process which destroys of most microorganism, but not highly resistant forms such as bacterial and mycotic spores or the AIDS virus. (08 Jan 1998) |
| terminal disinfection | Application of disinfective measures after the patient has been removed, e.g., by death, or has ceased to be a source of infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concomitant | Accompanying, accessory, joined with another. Origin: L. Concomitans (18 Nov 1997) |
| concomitant immunity | The paradoxical immune status in which resistance to reinfection coincides with the persistence of the original infection. Synonym: concomitant immunity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concomitant strabismus | A condition in which the degree of strabismus is the same in all directions of gaze. Synonym: concomitant strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concomitant symptom | A symptom that usually but not always accompanies a certain disease, as distinguished from a pathognomonic symptom. Synonym: assident symptom, concomitant symptom. (05 Mar 2000) |