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

Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2024

Department of Public Health to investigate communicable disease exposure on international flights to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Denise Stinson, communicable disease control program manager for the health department, is the department’s representing health officer in the case filings.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 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

Specific directions for disinfecting in every kind of communicable disease would be too extended to be given here.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red