asymptomatic
Infected but healthy-seeming
Asymptomatic means showing no symptoms of a disease or condition despite being infected or affected: Many COVID cases were asymptomatic.
The term is common in medical contexts where someone tests positive but feels fine.
An asymptomatic carrier can spread illness without knowing they're sick.
Inactive but capable
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
- preclinicalBefore human trials
- quiescentInactive but capable
- subclinicalBelow symptom detection level
inactive · silent · prodromal · remission · reactivation · flare · chronic · persistent
Sending of information
- spreadTo distribute widely
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- sheddingLosing outer covering
- infectiousAble to spread disease
communicable · vector · host · reservoir · outbreak · epidemic · pandemic · superspreader
Evaluative selection process
- testingExamining to evaluate
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- undiagnosedNot yet medically named
- misdiagnosedIncorrectly determined ailment
underreported · surveillance · false negative · missed · overlooked · unrecognized · unreported · prevalence
In good physical condition
- wellDug water source
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- normalConforming to standard
- fitProper or healthy
active · unimpaired · ambulatory · outpatient · recovered · cleared · negative test · baseline
Proteins targeting pathogens
- immunityProtected from harm
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
immunization · resistance · immune response · natural immunity · herd immunity · immunocompetent · clearance · protection
dormant
Inactive but capable
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
- preclinicalBefore human trials
- quiescentInactive but capable
subclinical · inactive · silent · prodromal · remission · reactivation · flare · chronic · persistent · indolent
transmission
Sending of information
- spreadTo distribute widely
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- sheddingLosing outer covering
infectious · communicable · vector · host · reservoir · outbreak · epidemic · pandemic · superspreader · contact tracing
screening
Evaluative selection process
- testingExamining to evaluate
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- undiagnosedNot yet medically named
misdiagnosed · underreported · surveillance · false negative · missed · overlooked · unrecognized · unreported · prevalence · incidence
healthy
In good physical condition
- wellDug water source
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- normalConforming to standard
fit · active · unimpaired · ambulatory · outpatient · recovered · cleared · negative test · baseline · unremarkable
antibodies
Proteins targeting pathogens
- immunityProtected from harm
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
vaccination · immunization · resistance · immune response · natural immunity · herd immunity · immunocompetent · clearance · protection
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- A- wordsamoral, apathy, atheist, atypical, asymmetric
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- medical descriptorsacute, chronic, mild, moderate, severe
- asymptomatic carriersInfected persons showing no illness
- asymptomatic spreadTransmission by seemingly healthy carriers
- asymptomatic infectionDisease without noticeable signs
symptom, symptoms, symptomatic, asymptote, symptomatically, symptomless, symptomatology, asymptotes, presymptomatic