- sickness rate
- morbidity r.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sickness rate
Look at other dictionaries:
sickness rate — n. morbidity rate, rate wherein the numerator is a number of cases of a disease and the denominator is the number of people at risk for the disease … English contemporary dictionary
SICKNESS — HEALTH STATUS Introduction There are several available yardsticks for measuring intergroup differences in health status: (1) lifetime longevity, i.e., average expectation of life in years (calculated at birth or other selected points in the age… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
sickness */*/ — UK [ˈsɪknəs] / US noun Word forms sickness : singular sickness plural sicknesses 1) a) [uncountable] a condition in which you have an illness The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness. Time off work because of sickness is… … English dictionary
sickness — sick|ness [ sıknəs ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a condition in which you have an illness: The team lost because of a combination of injuries and sickness. Time off work because of sickness is paid at the full rate. a ) count a particular illness:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Sickness, acute mountain (AMS) — Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being at high altitude. AMS is common at very high altitudes, that is above 8,000 feet (2,440 meters). Three quarters of people have mild symptoms of AMS over 10,000 feet (3,048… … Medical dictionary
Sickness, altitude — Altitude sickness (or altitude illness) is a disorder caused by being at high altitude. It more commonly occurs above 8,000 feet (2,440 meters). The cause of altitude illness is a matter of oxygen physiology. At sea level the concentration of… … Medical dictionary
Sickness, mountain — Also known as altitude sickness or altitude illness, this is a disorder caused by being at high altitude, commonly above 8,000 feet (2,440 meters). The cause of altitude illness is a matter of oxygen physiology. At sea level the concentration of… … Medical dictionary
Decompression sickness — Caisson disease [decompression sickness] Classification and external resources Two United States Navy sailors prepare for training inside a decompression chamber … Wikipedia
Altitude sickness — Infobox Disease Name = Altitude sickness Caption = DiseasesDB = 8375 DiseasesDB mult = DiseasesDB2|29615 ICD10 = ICD10|T|70|2|t|66 ICD9 = ICD9|E902.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3225 MeshID = D000532 Altitude… … Wikipedia
Mourning sickness — is a collective emotional condition of recreational grieving by individuals at the death of murder victims or celebrities.[1] Such celebrity deaths may be linked to hyper attentive, intrusive and voyeuristic media coverage, which has been dubbed… … Wikipedia
