infectious diseases

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Diseases caused by the growth of pathogenic organisms in the body. Some of these diseases may also be contagious diseases.

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How to use infectious diseases in a sentence

“Most of the diseases we blame on nutrition are actually diseases of disempowerment,” Bacon said.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, indeed, this turns out to be a story about two diseases.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For most infectious, the amount is 100 or even 1,000 times that.
A Doctor Explains Why Cruise Ships Should Be Banned|Kent Sepkowitz|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although bats may have creeped us out for centuries, their links to emerging infectious diseases are much more recent.
Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved|Carrie Arnold|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In Malaysia and Bangladesh, a devastating infectious neurological disease emerged just a few years after Hendra.
Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved|Carrie Arnold|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
From that region they issue to inflict diseases, especially blindness and deafness.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Simple constipation and diseases of the large intestine alone do not increase the amount of indican.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It also occurs in diseases with extensive and rapid destruction of red blood-corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd