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epidemiology collapse: the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease

vector collapse: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components; any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"; a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

infection collapse: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure; moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"; an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted; (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease; (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound; the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

virus collapse: (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein; a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"; a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"

carrier collapse: (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; a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like; a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"; a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages; (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others; a boy who delivers newspapers; someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"; an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

fallout collapse: the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

air pollution collapse: pollution of the atmosphere; "air pollution reduced the visibility"

farina collapse: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

granulate collapse: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"; become granular; form into grains

meteor collapse: a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

scavenge collapse: remove unwanted substances from; feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"; clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street"

bran collapse: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains; broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting

delouse collapse: free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"

lint collapse: cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds; fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

flour collapse: fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain; convert grain into flour; cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it"

bowdlerize collapse: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

clean out collapse: empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers"; deprive completely of money or goods; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours"; force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"

crumble collapse: break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"; fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

grit collapse: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; clench together; "grit one's teeth"; cover with a grit; "grit roads"

fallout shelter collapse: a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb

sweeten collapse: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"; make sweeter in taste

cleanse collapse: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"; purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

meal collapse: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse; the food served and eaten at one time; any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

powder collapse: any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder; a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized; apply powder to; "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a powdered wig"

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