severity

The debate is expected to intensify as wildfires increase in size and severity, in part because of climate change.

The authors conducted a sibling analysis to help minimize the influence of other factors, such as severity of diagnosis and underlying genetics, that may influence the results.

It is produced in large quantities after flu is present and lowers the severity of infection by sequestering the virus so that it can't make copies of itself, or replicate.

Depending on its severity, women may find their quality of life decline.

She said the case causes her concern for three reasons: The first is the severity of the teen’s illness.