direct contact

contact /con·tact/ (kon´takt)

1. a mutual touching of two bodies or persons.

2. an individual known to have been sufficiently near an infected person to have been exposed to the transfer of infectious material.

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direct contact , immediate contact the contact of a healthy person with a person having a communicable disease, the disease being transmitted as a result.

balancing contact  the contact between the upper and lower occlusal surfaces of the teeth on the side opposite the working contact.

complete contact  contact of the entire adjoining surfaces of two teeth.

indirect contact , mediate contact that achieved through some intervening medium, as prolongation of a communicable disease through the air or by means of fomites.

occlusal contact  contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaws are closed.

proximal contact , proximate contact touching of the proximal surfaces of two adjoining teeth.

working contact  that between the upper and lower teeth on the side toward which the mandible has been moved in mastication.

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direct contact,

mutual touching of two individuals or organisms. Many communicable diseases may be spread by direct contact between an infected and a healthy person.

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direct

without intervening steps.

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direct antiglobulin test

see direct coombs test.

direct capture ELISA mastitis test

measures polymorphonuclear antigens in milk sample as an indication of elevated milk cell counts and therefore presence of mastitis.

direct contact

see direct contact.

direct costs

see variable costs.

direct effect

the effect of one variable on another without passing through a third variable.

direct immunofluorescence testing

see fluorescence microscopy.

direct oxidative pathway

see pentose phosphate pathway.

direct relationship

see direct relationship.