Synonyms of infectious disease
5 similar words
Another word for infectious disease is infection. Other synonyms of infectious disease are ID, infectious diseases, infectiology and infectology.
Synonyms and similar words for infectious disease
nounAn illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.)...
- infectionA disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
nounA medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
- ID
- infectious diseases
- infectiologyThe study of infection.
- infectology
Meaning of infectious disease
- 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.
- noun A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
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Questions about synonyms of infectious disease
- What is another word for infectious disease?
- Infectious disease has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as infection, ID, infectious diseases, infectiology and infectology.
- What does infectious disease mean?
- Infectious disease means 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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Adapted from Wiktionary: infectious disease (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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