Index Case
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Index Cases
- possessive
- Index Case's
- pluralpossessive
- Index Cases'