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Environmental public health tracking (EPHT) Ongoing collection, analysis,
integration, interpretation, as well as dissemination of data from monitoring of
environmental hazard and human exposure or health effects surveillance
Epidemics Rapid spread of infectious illness to a large number of people in a given
population within a short period
Epidemiology The study of the occurrence and causes of health effects in human
populations
Erosion The removal of weathered land surfaces
Etiology (in the context of pathology) Pertaining to the period immediately
before and after birth
Eukarya Organisms with cells that contain membrane-bound organelles and a
nucleus
Eustatic sea-level rise Change in global average sea level due to rise in the volume
of the world ocean
Eutrophication Transformation of nutrient deficient state to nutrient rich state in
a water body
Evapotranspiration Loss of water due to evaporation from the surface of earth
and transpiration from vegetation
E-Waste Waste electronic goods
Exocytosis Expelling vesicle containing particles (or chemicals)
Exosphere Outermost region of the atmosphere located after 500 km altitude
Expiration (in the context of species) Loss of population of species in a given
location
Exposed group A group whose members have been in contact with a supposed
cause of a disease/health state of interest
Exposure Contact of an organism with a physical/chemical/biological agent
Exposure assessment A measurement or estimation of the duration, magnitude,
frequency, and route of exposure to a substance for a population of interest
Facilitated diffusion Movement of molecules across the membrane from a region
of higher concentration to one of lower concentration through channels or by
carrier molecules
Famine Food shortage affecting large numbers of people
Feasibility study (FS) of the practicability of a proposal
Fermentation Anaerobic chemical breakdown of substance microbes
Filtration (in the context of intra cellular movement in living organism) Movement of smaller molecules across membrane by virtue of pressure
Flagella Sting like structures present in some bacteria that provide a means of
locomotion
Flash flood Sudden flooding with short duration
Flash point Lowest temperature at which a material can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air
Flood Significant rise of water level in a surface water body
Fluid dynamics Branch of fluid mechanics that is concerned with the flow of fluids
Fluid statics Subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that is concerned with fluids at rest
as well as the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed object
Glossary
Environmental public health tracking (EPHT) Ongoing collection, analysis,
integration, interpretation, as well as dissemination of data from monitoring of
environmental hazard and human exposure or health effects surveillance
Epidemics Rapid spread of infectious illness to a large number of people in a given
population within a short period
Epidemiology The study of the occurrence and causes of health effects in human
populations
Erosion The removal of weathered land surfaces
Etiology (in the context of pathology) Pertaining to the period immediately
before and after birth
Eukarya Organisms with cells that contain membrane-bound organelles and a
nucleus
Eustatic sea-level rise Change in global average sea level due to rise in the volume
of the world ocean
Eutrophication Transformation of nutrient deficient state to nutrient rich state in
a water body
Evapotranspiration Loss of water due to evaporation from the surface of earth
and transpiration from vegetation
E-Waste Waste electronic goods
Exocytosis Expelling vesicle containing particles (or chemicals)
Exosphere Outermost region of the atmosphere located after 500 km altitude
Expiration (in the context of species) Loss of population of species in a given
location
Exposed group A group whose members have been in contact with a supposed
cause of a disease/health state of interest
Exposure Contact of an organism with a physical/chemical/biological agent
Exposure assessment A measurement or estimation of the duration, magnitude,
frequency, and route of exposure to a substance for a population of interest
Facilitated diffusion Movement of molecules across the membrane from a region
of higher concentration to one of lower concentration through channels or by
carrier molecules
Famine Food shortage affecting large numbers of people
Feasibility study (FS) of the practicability of a proposal
Fermentation Anaerobic chemical breakdown of substance microbes
Filtration (in the context of intra cellular movement in living organism) Movement of smaller molecules across membrane by virtue of pressure
Flagella Sting like structures present in some bacteria that provide a means of
locomotion
Flash flood Sudden flooding with short duration
Flash point Lowest temperature at which a material can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air
Flood Significant rise of water level in a surface water body
Fluid dynamics Branch of fluid mechanics that is concerned with the flow of fluids
Fluid statics Subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that is concerned with fluids at rest
as well as the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed object
Glossary