Term: index case: the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: croton: tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: cusp: point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: history: a record or narrative description of past events
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: ratables: property that provides tax income for local governments
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: white sauce: milk thickened with a butter and flour roux
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: lagniappe: a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: ragamuffin: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: scomberesox: a genus of Scomberesocidae
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: distinguished flying cross: a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: gluten-free diet: diet prescribed to treat celiac disease; eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten