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  • Zero population growth
    • A population in equilibrium, with a growth rate of zero, achieved when births plus immigration equal deaths plus emigration.
  • Zero reporting
    • Reporting of the absence of cases of a disease under surveillance; this ensures that participants have not merely forgotten to report.
  • Zygote
    • MeSH - Wikipedia
      A diploid cell resulting from the fertilization of an oocyte by a spermatozoon, which subsequently divides to form an embryo.
      The fertilized ovum resulting from the fusion of a male and a female gamete.