surveillance of disease | the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease |
creating by mental acts | the act of creating something by thinking |
mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
Borrelia burgdorferi Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
mental age | the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test |
brain brainpower learning ability mental capacity mentality wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
mental quickness quickness quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
nimbleness mental dexterity | intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind, nimbleness of wit and imagination |
capacity mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
block mental block | an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do, often caused by emotional tension, I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block |
retardation mental retardation backwardness slowness subnormality | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities |
abnormality mental defectiveness | retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence |
moronity mental deficiency | mild mental retardation |
faculty mental faculty module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind |
vocabulary lexicon mental lexicon | a language user's knowledge of words |
confusion mental confusion confusedness muddiness disarray | a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior, a confusion of impressions |
mental reservation reservation arriere pensee | an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly |
incredulity disbelief skepticism mental rejection | doubt about the truth of something |
process cognitive process mental process operation cognitive operation | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity, an operation that affects mental contents, the process of thinking, the cognitive operation of remembering |
mental note | special attention with intent to remember, he made a mental note to send her flowers |
imagination imaging imagery mental imagery | the ability to form mental images of things or events, he could still hear her in his imagination |
construction mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
content cognitive content mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
representation mental representation internal representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
image mental image | an iconic mental representation, her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
mental picture picture impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
psychotherapy psychotherapeutics mental hygiene | the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods |
attitude mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways, he had the attitude that work was fun |
tin pest tin disease tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
mental anguish | sustained dull painful emotion |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC | a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, located in Atlanta, investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases) |
psychic energy mental energy | an actuating force or factor |
neurotic psychoneurotic mental case | a person suffering from neurosis |
telepathist thoughteader mental telepathist mind reader | someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly |
pink disease fungus Corticium salmonicolor | fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc |
mental exhaustion brain-fag | exhaustion that affects mental keenness |
cardiovascular disease | a disease of the heart or blood vessels |
celiac disease | a disorder in children and adults, inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten), symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation, often accompanied by lactose intolerance |
glandular disease gland disease glandular disorder adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
decompression sickness aeroembolism air embolism gas embolism caisson disease bends | pain resulting from rapid change in pressure |
disease | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
disease of the neuromuscular junction | a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions |
Banti's disease Banti's syndrome | a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen, accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis |
pulmonary anthrax inhalation anthrax anthrax pneumonia ragpicker's disease ragsorter's disease woolsorter's pneumonia woolsorter's disease | a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis, initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse |
cat scratch disease | a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat |
endemic endemic disease | a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location |
idiopathic disease idiopathic disorder idiopathy | any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause |
monogenic disorder monogenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |