Term: ring vaccination: administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: prepyloric vein: a tributary of the right gastric vein
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: temporal arteritis: inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: narcissus: bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: softwood: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: ontology: (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: labor market: the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: softness: a disposition to be lenient in judging others
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: admiration: a favorable judgment
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: monolingual: a person who knows only one language
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: type species: (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs