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Emerging Infectious Disease (EID): A disease that has been recently discovered, recently increased in incidence, geography, or host range, or is newly evolved.

Hypokinetic Disease: A condition or disease resulting from a sedentary lifestyle or too little activity. Examples include obesity, diabetes, back pains, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, etc. ...

Infectious Development: Development action which occurs in processing 'lith' materials. The oxidation of hydroquinone produces new and highly active reducing agents, semiquinones, in the presence of a low quantity . . . View Full Definition

Huntington Disease: A progressive and fatal disorder of the nervous system that develops between the ages of 30 and 50 years; caused by an expansion of a trinucleotide repeat and inherited as a dominant trait.

Lyme Disease: A zoonotic disease vectored by ticks. Small mammals are the main reservoir species.

Foot-And-Mouth Disease (FMD): A major disease of cloven-footed animals (e.g., cattle and pigs) that does not exist in the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service conducts a surveillance program to t . . . View Full Definition

Emerging Markets Fund: Emerging markets mutual funds invest primarily in the securities of countries in the process of building a market-based economy. Some funds specialize in the markets of a certain region, suc . . . View Full Definition

Emerging Markets Program: A program originally authorized by the FACT Act of 1990, and titled the Emerging Democracies Program. The program was authorized to promote U.S. agricultural exports by providing technical a . . . View Full Definition

Mad Cow Disease: The common term used for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Occupational Illness-Disease: Defined by OSHA as 'any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to factors associated with employment.'