infectious
76
3.9
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfɛkʃəs/
- Specialized
:
infeccioso
- Training should emphasize responsibility and improve awareness of common infectious diseases in the school setting.
- an infectious disease
- infectious diseases
- emerging infectious diseases
Now there are two kinds of ailments, infectious and chronic.
- Now there are two kinds of ailments, infectious and chronic.
- Now this was measles or some other infectious disease.
- First of all, narcissism is not an infectious disease per SE.
- So one is who gets infected, one who is infectious or the first person to infect others.
- Genetically identical to person A, absent that tumors are not infectious, they don't spread.
- These were all bat viruses derived in the wild, not shown to be infectious to humans.
- They are extraordinarily effective to answer one question, am I infectious?
- The various proteins and genetic sequences have never been shown to be disease causing or infectious, let alone come from a virus.
- One is just the incursion of people into places where animals and zoonotic infectious diseases are endemic.
- But when we go through the mortality tables, just strip out the top eight leading infectious disease causes of death.
- In there you have the power to detain potentially infectious people, which can be in a pandemic, anyone.
Examples
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The U.S. government and others have had similar concerns about other infectious disease research.
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His research interests include the epidemiology and role of infectious diseases in northern Canada.
Academic text (2012) -
It's now the leading infectious cause of death in the world.
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Dad, we're going to the infectious disease lab.
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Please report any infectious diseases to the medical officers.
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And some diseases are actually even more infectious than COVID.
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Clinical and public health decisions about infectious diseases depend on the specific agents of infection.
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At least 65 percent of major recent human infectious disease outbreaks have animal origins.
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However, in cases of internal and undocumented migration, screening for infectious disease among migrants will be challenging.
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The flu is an infectious disease that spreads easily in crowded places.
Synonyms
108
3.1
Something that spreads from one person to another, like a disease or feeling
9
3.4
A disease that spreads very easily between people
9
4.2
Able to pass from one person to another and cause sickness
3
5.3
Able to pass from one person or animal to another by infection
2
3.9
Able to pass from one person or animal to another
1
7.4
Able to make people sick and spread disease
Able to be caught from another person and make you sick
Very likely to make people sick
Easily caught and spread among people or animals
Able to spread from one person to another, like a cold
Easy to get, especially an illness that spreads between people
Able to pass from one person to another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
37
3.0
A disease caused by germs that can spread from person to person
- Specialized
5
4.2
A tiny living thing like a virus or bacterium that can make people and animals sick
- Archaic
A short, often mild liver illness caused by a virus and spread by dirty food or water
- Specialized
A sickness caused by a virus that gives fever, sore throat, and swollen glands
- Archaic
Swelling of many nerves outside the brain and spinal cord that causes pain, weakness and sometimes paralysis
How Infectious
108
3.1
- Specialized
76
3.9
- Specialized
3
5.3
- Specialized
1
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word infectious comes from the Latin word inficere, which meant 'to put into' or 'to dye', like putting colour into cloth so the colour becomes part of it. So an infectious disease is one that gets 'into' a person and can pass on to others.