| breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
| contract killing | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer |
| contract contract bridge | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
| 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 |
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
| contract law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts |
| futures contract | an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date, the contract can be sold before the settlement date |
| contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
adhesion contract
contract of adhesion | a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts), implies inequality in bargaining power |
| aleatory contract | a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable) |
| bilateral contract | a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee) |
| conditional contract | a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations |
| cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
| gambling contract | a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet, unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions |
marriage contract
marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
| output contract | a contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it |
purchase contract
purchase agreement | a contract stating the terms of a purchase |
| quasi contract | a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent |
| requirements contract | a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party |
sealed instrument
contract under seal
special contract | a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached |
| service contract | a contract for maintenance services |
| severable contract | a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument |
| unilateral contract | a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise) |
labor contract
labor agreement
collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
| yellow-dog contract | a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union |
employment contract
employment agreement | contract between employer and employee |
sale in gross
contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
| contract declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
| oral contract | an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation |
| contract offer | offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate |
tin pest
tin disease
tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
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) |
| endemic | a plant that is native to a certain limited area, it is an endemic found only this island |
pink disease fungus
Corticium salmonicolor | fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc |
| social contract | an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society, individual surrenders liberty in return for protection |
| 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 |
polygenic disorder
polygenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once |
Kawasaki disease
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome | an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever, of unknown cause |
| Meniere's disease | a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral) |