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droplet infection
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noun
infection spread by airborne droplets of secretions from the nose, throat, or lungs.
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Origin of droplet infection
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby droplet infection
drop in the bucket, drop keel, drop kick, drop leaf, droplet, droplet infection, drop letter, droplight, drop like a hot potato, drop like flies, dropline
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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