infectious disease
Noun
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Noun
infectious disease (plural infectious diseases)
- (medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host.
- Synonyms: transmissible disease, communicable disease
- (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
- Synonyms: ID, infectious diseases, infectious disease medicine, infectious medicine, infectiology, infectology
- French: maladie infectieuse
- German: Infektionskrankheit
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