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

It is a tragic irony that the current anger and frustration at public health stems from a communicable disease response — the basis for our original success.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

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

There have been no cases of bird flu identified in people in Washington state, said Hannah Schnitzler, communicable disease epidemiologist with Washington state Department of Health.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

An infectious or communicable disease is one caused by the admission of some form of living matter into the body of a human being or of a lower animal.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous