infectious_disease | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine) a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | |
Related terms: | communicable_disease tuberculosis dysentery rheumatic_fever yaws leprosy poliomyelitis hepatitis brucellosis typhoid rickettsial_disease infectious_mononucleosis herpes paratyphoid meningitis relapsing_fever dengue cholera yellow_jack epidemic_pleurodynia sweating_sickness whooping_cough plague lassa_fever lgv epidemic_disease ratbite_fever listeriosis mumps AIDS | |
Similar spelling: |
infectious_agent infectious_hepatitis |