The term denoting a disease, illness, or condition a person has or is believed to have as determined by scientific and/or clinical methods.
The process of determining health status and the factors responsible for producing it. It may be applied to an individual, family, group or community. The term is applied both to the process of determination and to its findings. (World Health Organization)
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