CASE-TO-INFECTION PROPORTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does case-to-infection proportion mean? 

• CASE-TO-INFECTION PROPORTION (noun)
  The noun CASE-TO-INFECTION PROPORTION has 1 sense:

1. the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease

  Familiarity information: CASE-TO-INFECTION PROPORTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASE-TO-INFECTION PROPORTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

case-to-infection proportion; case-to-infection ratio

Hypernyms ("case-to-infection proportion" is a kind of...):

proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)