🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

évolution de la maladie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: é-vo-lu-tion de la ma-la-die

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disease course/dɪˈziːz kɔːrs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'évolution de la maladie dépend de la rapidité du traitement."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The progression or evolution of a disease over time, including its typical stages, severity changes, and eventual outcome.

    "Early intervention can significantly alter the natural disease course and improve patient outcomes."
  2. 2

    The sequential pattern of symptoms and manifestations associated with a specific medical condition from onset to resolution or chronicity.

    "The physician monitored the disease course carefully to determine the optimal timing for chemotherapy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'disease', derived from Old French desaise meaning 'lack of ease' (from des- + aise), and 'course', originating from Latin cursus meaning 'a running or journey' (from currere, 'to run'). Together, medical professionals adopted the compound in modern clinical terminology to describe the longitudinal progression or trajectory of a pathological condition over time.

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