body mass index

a formula for the evaluation and quantification of mortality and morbidity risk as developed for and applied to homeless persons in various social initiatives in the USA

(medicine) The level of suspicion that a disease or condition is the underlying diagnosis based on the available findings in a patient.

plural of index finger

plural of index case

(epidemiology) The first documented patient in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation; the case of patient zero.

(mathematics) The divisor function of an integer divided by the integer.

(economics) A price or quantity index, a discrete approximation to a continuous Divisia index.

A measure of how quickly blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular type of food, on a scale where the index of glucose or ordinary table sugar is 100.

(economics) An economic indicator formed by adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate.