disease investigation
nounUK /dɪˈziːz ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən/
US /dɪˈziːz ɪnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃən/
The work of finding out why people got sick and how to stop it.
The doctors did a disease investigation to learn why so many kids in the town got the flu.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The careful search for the cause of a sickness in animals or plants.
The farm started a disease investigation after several cows became ill.
3. A scientific study that tracks how an illness spreads from person to person.
Her disease investigation showed the virus spread through shared water.
4. The official process of checking whether a sickness is a danger to the community.
The health team began a disease investigation when the school reported many absent students.