rare disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrareanddisease
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rare
adjective
uk/reər/us/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofrareanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Intussusception is a ratherrarediseaseand its incidence varies depending on geographic location and study periods.
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The isolated noncompaction of the myocardium is ararediseasewith different clinical courses.
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Dying is not araredisease; it is part of the human condition.
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It is ararediseaseand unusual over 60 years.
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Total color blindness is anotherrarediseasethat involves complete absence of all cone function.
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For imported malaria, a relativelyrarediseasewith a short course, this approach does not seem feasible.
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The definition of ararediseaseis arbitrary, varies by jurisdiction, and is not monitored.
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This design feature obviates the need for therarediseaseassumption for a case control study when determining a rate ratio.
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The case in point is progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy, a veryrarediseaseof the human central nervous system, which in most cases is swiftly fatal.
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They may consist of an unusual cluster of ararediseaseon a ward or in a geographical area.
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Case-control design in the study of common diseases : updates on the demise of therarediseaseassumption and the choice of sampling scheme for controls.
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Tuberculosis has become ararediseaseas a result of mass radiography and therapy of the highest order.
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We have to deal with it as araredisease, because it is much less common than for women.
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We could discuss that, but it is important to register that it is araredisease.
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It is araredisease, but that is no reason not to act.
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However, there is no evidence that thisrarediseasecan be transmitted via blood.
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The problem of large-scale production of old vaccines against defunct orrarediseaseorganisms has been highlighted by recent events.
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It is true that the doctors discovered a veryraredisease.
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With leukaemia, which is a relativelyraredisease, it is very difficult to produce any statistical analysis of value.
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