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A sudden outbreak of disease that has spread over an entire country is called?
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An epidemic is defined as spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time.
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What is a condition that effects the entire body called?
Anything that affects the entire body is called "Systemic" meaning the entire system.
What is a systemic disease?
Systemic-- Afflicting an entire body system or the body in general.
What were the most popular diseases in the 1900s?
If you mean infectuous disease. The most common deadly disease in the US in the early 1900s was probably tuberculosis. In the last half of the 1900s it was probably Influenza (the flu). If you mean any disease, then I think it would be heart disease for the entire century.
Entire length of the plantar surface of the foot?
This is called the sole of the foot.
What is the entire collection of genes within human cells called?
It is called Genome
What caused a scare in recent times among cows and has caused entire herds to be killed?
An outbreak of mad-cow disease in England wiped out most of the country's beef industry. A more recent outbreak of Hoof and Mouth disease was a lesser but still devestating plague. Even more recently an outbreak of BSE in Alberta caused an entire herd to be wiped out or put down, which ever way you want to put it, in 2003. A couple other cases had similar consequences, only to find the one or two cows confirmed with BSE were the only ones in that herd that were "humanely euthanized" that had the debilitating disease.
What word describes a rapidly spreading disease?
Epidemic or outbreak, depending on how many people or how big of a geographical area is involved. If an entire continent or the entire world is involved it can be called a pandemic. Other synonyms could be: contagion, plague, or scourge.Another term that may apply to the definition of "a deadly disease that spreads rapidly" in an individual, is metastatic, usually referring to spreading cancerous diseases.
Which nation occupies an entire continent?
Australia is the only country that occupies an entire continent, which is also called Australia.
What is the importance of the World Health Organization?
The WHO is immensely important to the entire world. The WHO will control and try to eradicate plagues and epidemics throughout the world. If there is an outbreak somewhere in the world, the WHO corresponds with the country or area to contain and cure the problem.
Why is the world cup called the World cup?
Every country in the entire world has the chance to enter it.
What is the population of Holland?
The population of the former province of Holland is about 6.3 million. The population of the entire country, properly called the Netherlands, is about 18.9 million.
What does the word Embassy mean?
An embassy is an office, or entire building in a country that is staffed by foreign diplomats. These diplomats are representatives of their country to the country they are in. The leader of the embassy is called an ambassador.
What is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country called?
That is called sectionalism, where individuals prioritize the interests of their region or state over those of the entire country.
Is Australia called both a continent and a country?
Yes. Australia is the only nation to occupy an entire continent.
What was Britain called when rome invaded Britain?
It may not have had a name, as it was not all one country. However the entire territory was called Britannia by the Romans.
What was the name of the UK during the Roman occupation?
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What country is also an entire Continent?
Australia is a country and a continent in itself. It is the only country that occupies an entire continent.
