See Also: endemic fadeout(medicine)
epidemic fadeout(medicine)
endemic(dictionary)
Endemic(health)
endemic(medicine)
endemic(dictionary)
goiter, endemic(medicine)
endemic typhus(medicine)
endemic syphilis(medicine)
endemic stability(medicine)

lukewarm (oh) and endemic fadeout (medicine)


lukewarm (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: luke 'lukewarm' (13-19 centuries) (perhaps from Old English hleow 'warm') + warm]
Food, liquid etc that is lukewarm is slightly warm and often not as hot or cold as it should be
-synonym tepid tepid
::She sipped some lukewarm coffee from her mug.
not showing much interest or excitement
::His idea got only a lukewarm response from the committee.

endemic fadeout (medicine)


endemic fadeout
<epidemiology> Parasite extinction occurring because endemic levels are so low that it is possible for small stochastic fluctuations to remove all parasites. Contrast epidemic fadeout.