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SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surveillance of disease mean? 

SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE (noun)
  The noun SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the diseaseplay

  Familiarity information: SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("surveillance of disease" is a kind of...):

surveillance (close observation of a person or group (usually by the police))


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