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Infectious disease
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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.
●
In Medicine:
A
medical
specialty
dealing with
the
diagnosis
, control and treatment of infections.
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Infectiology
Infectology
Infectious Diseases
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