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  • Case follow-up study

    In epidemiology, the descriptive epidemiology of the natural history of diseases, including recuperation.  

  • Case finding

    A health screening procedure used to identify a specific high-risk health condition in a group of people.  

  • Case fatality ratio

    In epidemiology, the death rate of specific cases is calculated by dividing the deaths from a cause by the number at risk case fatality rate. The number of fatalities from a specified disease in a given period per 100 episodes of the disease arising in the same period. Unless all such deaths occur rapidly after…

  • Case fatality rate

    The number of deaths from a specific cause to the number of cases expressed in percentage. The percentage of individuals afflicted with an illness who die as a result of it.  

  • Case-control method (Study)

    In epidemiology, a method of study that can support and test hypotheses about supposed causes. Data are the past characteristics and events that are analyzed. In epidemiology and medical research, an investigative technique in which cases are selected for study on the basis of the dependent variable, i.e., the presence (study group) or absence (control…

  • Casanova complex

    Delusion of extraordinary sexual potency and desirability.  

  • Caryosome

    In genetics, aggregation of chromatin in an interphase nucleus.  

  • Carnuncula

    A small, fleshy prominence.  

  • Carnuncle

    A small, fleshy prominence.  

  • Carryover activity

    In physical education, a physical activity that can be continued in later life with little risk and high fitness value.  

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