| 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 |
| carrier | (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele, the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring |
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
| carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
aircraft carrier
carrier flattop
attack aircraft carrier | a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings |
armored personnel carrier
armoured personnel carrier
APC | (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry |
| car carrier | a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies |
| carrier | a rack attached to a vehicle, for carrying luggage or skis or the like |
| carrier | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something, refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business |
| luggage carrier | carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage |
| personnel carrier | a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment |
sack
poke
paper bag
carrier bag | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
troop carrier
troop transport | any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops |
| weapons carrier | military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews |
tin pest
tin disease
tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
carrier
common carrier | a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages |
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) |
ball carrier
runner | (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play |
carrier
immune carrier | (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others |
| carrier newsboy | a boy who delivers newspapers |
| carrier bearer toter | someone whose employment involves carrying something, the bonds were transmitted by carrier |
hod carrier
hodman | a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers |
mailman
postman
mail carrier
letter carrier
carrier | a man who delivers the mail |
supernumerary
spear carrier
extra | a minor actor in crowd scenes |
carrier wave
carrier | a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal |
pink disease fungus
Corticium salmonicolor | fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc |
paper electrophoresis
carrier electrophoresis | electrophoresis carried out on filter paper |
| 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) |
occupational disease
industrial disease | disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) |
Paget's disease
osteitis deformans | a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly, excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities |
periodontal disease
periodontitis | a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth |
pyorrhea pyorrhoea pyorrhea alveolaris
Riggs' disease | chronic periodontitis, purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets |
nervous disorder
neurological disorder
neurological disease | a disorder of the nervous system |
brain disorder
encephalopathy
brain disease | any disorder or disease of the brain |
myoclonus epilepsy
Lafora's disease | epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin |
paralysis agitans
Parkinsonism
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's syndrome
Parkinson's
shaking palsy | a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination |