Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Disease
1. A deviation from the healthy and normal functioning of the body <the drug could not be linked to his disease>. 2. (pl.) Special classes of pathological conditions with similar traits, such as having similar causes and affecting similar organs <respiratory diseases> <occupational diseases>. 3. Any disorder; any depraved condition.
dread-disease insurance
Health insurance that covers medical expenses arising from the treatment of any of several specified diseases.
functional disease
A disease that prevents, obstructs, or interferes with an organ's special function, without anatomical defect or abnormality in the organ itself.
functional disease.
See DISEASE.
industrial disease
See OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
industrial disease.
See OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
occupational disease.
A disease that is contracted as a result of exposure to debilitating conditions or substances in the course of employment. ( Employees who suffer from occupational diseases are eligible for workers' compensation. Courts have construed the term to include a variety of ailments, including lung conditions (such as asbestosis or black lung), hearing loss, and carpal tunnel syndrome. -Also termed industrial disease. "Certain diseases and infirmities which develop gradually and imperceptibly as a result of engaging in particular employments and which are generally known and understood to be usual incidents or hazards thereof, are distinguished from those having a traumatic origin, or otherwise developing suddenly and unexpectedly, by the terms occupational,' and 'industrial.'" 82 Am. Jur. 2d Workers' Compensation ยง 326 (1992).
organic disease
See DISEASE.
organic disease.
A disease that is caused by an injury to, or lesion or malfunction in, an organ.
sexually transmitted disease
A disease transmitted only or chiefly by engaging in sexual acts with an infected person. ( Common examples are syphilis and gonorrhea. - Abbr. STD. - Also termed venereal disease.
venereal disease
See SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.