surveillance of disease

1. 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 disease

   Broadersurveillance

Questions about surveillance of disease

What does surveillance of disease mean?

surveillance of disease means "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".

Is surveillance of disease a common word?

surveillance of disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.