social disease

  • 51Social phobia — Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating effects on personal and professional relationships. Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of certain objects or situations. They… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 52social jet lag — n. Tiredness and disorientation caused by forcing one s body to sleep at unnatural times because of work commitments. Also: social jet lag, social jetlag. Example Citations: Long working hours leave more than half of us in a state of permanent… …

    New words

  • 53social pathology — noun : a study of social problems (as crime or alcoholism) that views them as diseased conditions of the social organism * * * 1. a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 54Social issues in Brazil — Brazil has the ninth largest economy in the world and the largest in Latin America. [ [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the world factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html CIA The World Factbook Rank Order GDP (purchasing power parity) ] ] It is a …

    Wikipedia

  • 55social medicine — noun : organized investigation of social, genetic, and environmental factors influencing human disease and disability and promotion of methods of prevention of disease and health measures protective of individual and community …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 56Social Entrepreneur — A person who pursues an innovative idea with the potential to solve a community problem. These individuals are willing to take on the risk and effort to create positive changes in society through their initiatives. Examples of social… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 57Disease, bipolar — A type of depressive disease, formerly called manic depressive illness. Not nearly as prevalent as other forms of depressive disorders. Bipolar disorder involves alternating cycles of depression and elation or mania. Sometimes the mood switches… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 58Disease, Pick — A form of dementia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of social skills and changes in personality leading to impairment of intellect, memory, and language. Dementia can be defined as a loss of intellectual abilities such as… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 59social — adj. Social is used with these nouns: ↑acceptance, ↑acquaintance, ↑activity, ↑adjustment, ↑administration, ↑advance, ↑advancement, ↑advantage, ↑affair, ↑agenda, ↑alienation, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 60social hygiene — noun : the practice of measures designed to protect and improve the family as a social institution; specifically : the practice of measures aiming at the elimination of venereal disease and prostitution …

    Useful english dictionary