social disease
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social disease

noun

Definition of SOCIAL DISEASE

2
: a disease (as tuberculosis) whose incidence is directly related to social and economic factors

First Known Use of SOCIAL DISEASE

1891

social disease

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SOCIAL DISEASE

2
: a disease (as tuberculosis) whose incidence is directly related to social and economic factors

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