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

That’s well above the 25 recorded in all of 2025, according to Dr. Eric Sergienko, chief of the state Department of Public Health’s communicable disease control division.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

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

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

Results have been obtained in the discovery of typhoid-carriers and of cases of communicable disease that amply justify this procedure as an important measure for protecting the community against the dissemination of infection.

From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes