| SEC | secretin; Singapore epidemic conjunctivitis; soft elastic capsule |
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| TES | thymic epithelial supernatant; toxic epidemic syndrome; transcutaneous electrical stimulation; trans... |
| TOES | toxic oil epidemic syndrome |
| epidemic pleurodynia virus | A virus of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B, in the family Picornaviridae, that causes epidemic pleurodynia. Synonym: Bornholm disease virus, epidemic myalgia virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| epidemic polyarthritis | A mild febrile illness of humans in Australia characterised by polyarthralgia and rash, caused by the Ross River virus, a member of the family Togaviridae, and transmitted by mosquitoes. Synonym: epidemic exanthema, Murray Valley rash, Ross River fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic roseola | <disease, virology> An acute, usually benign, infectious disease caused by a togavirus and most often affecting children and nonimmune young adults, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and spreads to the lymphatic system. It is characterised by a slight cold, sore throat and fever, followed by enlargement of the postauricular, suboccipital and cervical lymph nodes and the appearances of a fine pink rash that begins on the head and spreads to become generalised. Synonym: German measles, rubeola. Origin: L. Rubellus = reddish, ruber = red (17 Dec 1997) |
| epidemic stomatitis | Contagious mouth infection, usually due to Group A Coxsackievirus. See: herpangina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic tetany | An acute epidemic form of tetany, of several weeks' duration, occurring chiefly in winter. Synonym: epidemic tetany. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic tremor | <veterinary> A disease of very young chicks caused by a picornavirus and characterised by tremor, ataxia, somnolence, and finally death. Synonym: epidemic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic typhus | <infectious disease> A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40 |
| epidemic vertigo | A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic vomiting | Virus caused by Norwalk virus, a 27 nm RNA virus in the family Caliciviridae frequently occurring in a group of people (e.g., in a school or small community) suddenly and without prodromal illness or malaise, is intense while it lasts, but ceases abruptly after a few hours or a day or so; symptoms are headache, abdominal pain, giddiness, and diarrhoea in most of the cases, and extreme prostration in about 75%. Synonym: epidemic nausea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemical | 1. <epidemiology> Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic. 2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil. "It was the epidemical sin of the nation." (Bp. Burnet) Origin: L. Epidemus, Gr, among the people, epidemic; in + people: cf. F. Epidemique. Cf. Demagogue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| epidemicity | The state of prevailing disease in epidemic form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic typhus |
Epidemic typhus is a form of typhus caused by the bacillus Rickettsia prowazekii, carried by the human body louse Pediculus humanus. Feeding on a human who carries the bacillus infects the louse. R. prowazekii grows in the louse's gut and is excreted in the feces. The disease is transmitted to an uninfected human who scratches the bite and rubs the feces into the wound. Incubation period is one to two weeks. R. prowazekii can remain viable and virulent in the dried feces for many days. ...
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| epidemic roseola |
Rubella (also known as epidemic roseola, German measles or three-day measles) is a disease caused by the Rubella virus. It is often mild and an attack can pass unnoticed. However, this can make the virus difficult to diagnose. The virus usually enters the body through the nose or throat. The disease can last 1-5 days. Children recover more quickly than adults. ...
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| epidemic |
A pattern of disease rate when new cases of a disease spread rapidly through a population.
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| epidemic |
a term used to describe a disease that is rare then suddenly affects more people than usually expected
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| epidemic |
a widespread increase, usually limited in time, in the incidence of an infectious disease (Holliday, 1989).
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