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INDEX CASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does index case mean?
• INDEX CASE (noun)
The noun INDEX CASE has 1 sense:
1. the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
Familiarity information: INDEX CASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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