INDEX CASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("index case" is a kind of...):

patient (a person who requires medical care)

Domain category:

epidemiology (the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease)

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