communicable disease

Cultural  

1. Any disease transmitted from one person or animal to another; also called contagious disease. Sometimes quarantine is required to prevent the spread of disease.

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Example Sentences

Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2024

Although Rafah is one of the few cities in Gaza to receive aid shipments in recent weeks, hunger and communicable disease are still spreading rapidly, aid groups and United Nations officials say.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

And “good urban rodent control can be the best way to prevent the disease,” said Dr. Dawn Terashita, associate director of acute communicable disease control at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

“Now we’re being really transparent with our staff that if a client has a communicable disease — covid, monkeypox, RSV, whatever — we’re housing them here.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

Tuberculosis is an infectious and communicable disease characterized in its early stages by the formation, in various organs of the body, of minute nodules or tubercles, which contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of the disease.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry