- holoendemic disease
- an endemic disease occurring at a high level in a population so that most of the children are affected, the adults in the same population then being less so. Cf. hyperendemic d.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
holoendemic disease
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holoendemic — Endemic in the entire population, as trachoma in the villages of Saudi Arabia. * * * ho·lo·en·dem·ic .hō lō en dem ik adj affecting all or characterized by the infection of essentially all the inhabitants of a particular area <holoendemic… … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
endemic disease — a disease that is present or usually prevalent in a population or geographical area at all times; such diseases usually have low mortality. Called also endemia. See also holoendemic d. and hyperendemic d. Cf. epidemic d … Medical dictionary
hyperendemic disease — an endemic disease equally prevalent in all age groups of a population. Cf. holoendemic d … Medical dictionary
Endemic — Present in a community at all times but in relatively low frequency. Something that is endemic is typically restricted or peculiar to a locality or region. For example, malaria is endemic in some areas of Africa. And traffic in illicit drugs is… … Medical dictionary
hyperendemic — hy·per·en·dem·ic en dem ik, in adj 1) exhibiting a high and continued incidence used chiefly of human diseases <hyperendemic malaria> 2) marked by hyperendemic disease used of geographic areas <a hyperendemic focus of plague>… … Medical dictionary
