risk group
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3.6
- noun
- Specialized
:
grupo de riesgo
- School counselors are in daily contact with the highest risk group for developing eating disorders: children and adolescents.
- high-risk group
- low-risk group
- high- and low-risk groups
We know that young infants are in a high risk group for complications, hospitalizations and deaths.
- We know that young infants are in a high risk group for complications, hospitalizations and deaths.
- But given that we've now vaccinated most people in those high risk groups, that should start to fall fairly rapidly next week.
- And I think that's important to know There are there are at risk groups and females of childbearing age are right up there with the most at risk.
- So Pure Power and our program have been collaborating a lot because it covers the risk group and the treatment group.
- Well, everyone knows some younger people who are getting vaccinated or in this particular high risk group, get them to log on the app.
- So there's a part of me that I mean, of course I'm thinking about my parents who are at, who are in the higher risk group.
Examples
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Differences among risk groups were also found with respect to key demographic variables.
Academic text (1994) -
For patients aged 6 months to 65 years in a clinical risk group, uptake stood at 51.3%, well below target.
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Some studies mentioned that healthcare workers were not part of at-risk groups or they did not come into contact with patients.
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Table 3 provides some information on incidence by risk group for the period 1983-1992.
Academic text (1994) -
Protecting at-risk groups was perceived to be the most fitting social work activity.
Academic text (2008) -
Our findings indicate that this is a high-risk group to whom further attention is warranted.
Academic text (2008) -
We know that young infants are in a high risk group for complications, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Nonmedical users of prescription drugs comprise a high-risk group for academic problems in college.
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Focus on neutral decision-making has diverted attention from assessing the specific needs of at-risk groups.
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Children are considered a high-risk group for developing respiratory infections during flu season.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a group of people with a higher likelihood of being affected' is directly derivable from combining 'risk' (probability of harm) with 'group' (a set of people/things); it follows ordinary noun–noun composition and the lexical semantics are transparent. This pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'grupo de riesgo') and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun risk group comes from the words risk 'danger' and group 'people together', giving the simple image of a small group marked by a warning sign because they face more danger. So, the phrase means 'a group of people who are more likely to get sick or be harmed'.