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notifiable

notifiable

1 7.8
The law requires people to report it to the authorities
  • adjective
  • /ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪəbl/
  • Formal
: notificable
  • Laboratory confirmation is required for a case to be reported through the Nationally Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
  • notifiable disease
  • notifiable condition
  • nationally notifiable

Examples

  • According to Fluss (1992), as of July 1990, HIV had been designated a notifiable disease in a few countries.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In Canada, invasive pneumococcal disease is nationally notifiable.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Of greatest concern is TBE, which is a notifiable disease throughout the EU.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Students analyzed data from eight years of monthly notifiable disease statistics.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Tuberculosis, also by states, municipalities and nations, was made a notifiable disease.

  • The second arm of notifiable disease surveillance is independent named reporting from physicians, mandated by law.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Mandated reporting of a predefined list of notifiable diseases and conditions is the cornerstone of public health surveillance.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Lyme disease is not a notifiable disease in the UK, although Borrelia burgdorferi is a notifiable pathogen.

    Academic text (2014)

  • However, after a resurgence in the number of cases in 2008, mumps was reintroduced as a notifiable disease in OSIRIS in 2009.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Many governments require doctors to report cases of notifiable diseases to monitor public health.

Synonyms

reportable
vsnotifiable
  • Formal
2 5.4

Important enough that you tell officials or write it in an official record

means it must be reported by law or regulation to authorities

Surface Forms

notifiable positive

Morphology

notifiable = notify (semi-transparent) = notify + able

Formally 'notify' + '-able' yields 'able to be notified', but in practice 'notifiable' often carries a legal/specialized meaning 'required to be reported', which is a more specialized inference than a general learner would necessarily draw.

Etymology

Notifiable comes from notify, which comes from a root meaning 'to make known', and you can see the same idea in the words note and notice. So a notifiable disease or event is one that must be 'made known' or officially reported to the authorities.