"infectious disease" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-infectious disease.wav [US] Forms: infectious diseases [plural]
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  1. (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. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: transmissible disease, communicable disease Translations (disease): مَرَض مُعْدٍ (maraḍ muʕdin) [masculine] (Arabic), সংক্রামক রোগ (śoṅkramok rōg) (Bengali), ကူးစက်ရောဂါ (ku:cak-rau:ga) (Burmese), 傳染病 (Chinese Mandarin), 传染病 (chuánrǎnbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), tarttuva tauti (Finnish), tartuntatauti (Finnish), maladie infectieuse (French), Infektionskrankheit (German), ચેપી રોગ (cepī rog) (Gujarati), penyakit menular (Indonesian), penyakit infeksi (Indonesian), galar gabhálach [masculine] (Irish), galar tógálach [masculine] (Irish), 感染症 (kansenshō) (Japanese), 感染性疾患 (kansenseishikkan) (Japanese), 伝染病 (densenbyō) (Japanese), penyakit berjangkit (Malay), mate hōrapa (Maori), संक्रमक ल्वे (saṃkramaka lwe) (Newar), ugonjwa wa kuambukiza (Swahili), infektionssjukdom [common-gender] (Swedish), โรคติดเชื้อ (rôok-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa) (Thai), bệnh truyền nhiễm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-infectious_disease-en-noun-en:disease_caused_by_infection Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'disease': 100 0
  2. (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: ID, infectious diseases, infectious disease medicine, infectious medicine, infectiology, infectology Translations (medical specialty): 傳染病學 (Chinese Mandarin), 传染病学 (chuánrǎnbìngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), tartuntatautioppi (Finnish), infektiologia (Finnish), infectiologie [feminine] (French), penyakit infeksi (Indonesian), penyakit berjangkit (Malay)
    Sense id: en-infectious_disease-en-noun-en:medical_specialty Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medical specialty': 11 89

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medical specialty",
      "word": "infektiologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medical specialty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infectiologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "medical specialty",
      "word": "penyakit infeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "medical specialty",
      "word": "penyakit berjangkit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "infectious disease"
}

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