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conflict(1) (iou) and capture-recapture method (medicine)


conflict(1) (iou)



conflict noun. LME.
[Latin conflictus, from conflict- pa. ppl stem of confligere strike together, clash, contend, fight, formed as CON- + fligere strike.]
1. A fight, a battle, a (prolonged) struggle between opposing forces (lit. & fig.); fighting, strife; the clashing or variance of opposed principles, beliefs, etc.; Psychology (the emotional distress due to) the opposition of incompatible wishes etc. in a person. LME.
W. S. Churchill At every point..the opposing causes came into conflict. John Brooke The conflict between successive generations is part of the law of life. F. Fitzgerald Many Americans persisted in thinking of the Vietnamese conflict as a civil war. D. Halberstam He felt a powerful conflict of loyalties and interests.
2. Collision (of physical bodies), dashing together. Now rare. M16.
conflictful adjective M20.
conflictual adjective pertaining to, characterized by, or involving conflict M20.

capture-recapture method (medicine)


capture-recapture method


Originally, a technique developed by biologists to track wild animal populations; now adapted for epidemiological studies of elusive human populations (e.g., prostitutes, teen runaways, IV drug users).By comparing data from several independent overlapping sample frames, it is possible to adjust for missing cases and to generate estimates of the prevalence of a given condition, for example, AIDS infection.