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infectious diseases

infectious diseases is the plural of infectious disease.

Meaning of infectious disease

Noun

infectious disease (plural infectious diseases)

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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:
    infection
  2. A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.

Questions about infectious diseases

What is infectious diseases the plural of?
Infectious diseases is the plural of infectious disease.

Words near infectious diseases in the dictionary

  1. infectious agents
  2. infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
  3. infectious disease
  4. infectious disease specialist
  5. infectious disease specialists
  6. infectious diseases
  7. infectious mononucleosis
  8. infectiously
  9. infectiousness
  10. infective
  11. infectiveness

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