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infectious disease
[ in-fek-shuhs di-zeez ]
noun
- a disease caused by a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism, and often spreading by contact between individuals or by a vector such as an insect: : ID
Chicken pox and cholera are infectious diseases.
infectious disease
- A disease caused by a microorganism or other agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that enters the body of an organism.
Word History and Origins
Origin of infectious disease1
Example Sentences
Adam Lausing, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan, emphasized that Ebola is not a respiratory disease.
Any time there is a new outbreak of infectious disease, it can be alarming.
Today, few of us have much experience with infectious disease, beyond the occasional cold or flu or stomach bug.
In the 21st century, in the developed world at least, infectious disease is more of a threat than a reality.
Another infectious disease is running through the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn.
The poison of an infectious disease kills by splitting and destroying the nuclei of the body's cells.
It accordingly searches out illiterate children of school age, or persons smitten with infectious disease.
These relate for the most part to nuisances and infectious disease, having special reference to ships.
The Public Health Acts contain important provisions relating to infectious disease.
It is insisted on here because unclean hands are the chief source of infectious disease.
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