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infectious disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
in-fec-tious dis-ease
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.

Usage

Inflected Forms

infectious diseases (plural)

Synonyms

infection ID infectious diseases infectiology infectology

Questions

What does infectious disease mean?
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.

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