droplet infection


noun
  1. infection spread by airborne droplets of secretions from the nose, throat, or lungs.

Origin of droplet infection

1
First recorded in 1905–10

Words Nearby droplet infection

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How to use droplet infection in a sentence

  • Under these conditions the pneumonic patient sprays plague bacilli into the air while coughing and droplet infection follows.

    Plague | Thomas Wright Jackson