- contagious disease, infectious disease
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contagious disease, infectious disease
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contagious disease — n an infectious disease communicable by contact with one who has it, with a bodily discharge of such a patient, or with an object touched by such a patient or by bodily discharges compare COMMUNICABLE DISEASE * * * originally, a disease… … Medical dictionary
Contagious disease — A contagious disease is a subset category of infectious diseases (or communicable diseases), which are easily transmitted by physical contact (hence the name origin) with the person suffering the disease, or by their secretions or objects touched … Wikipedia
contagious disease — užkrečiamoji liga statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Liga, kurią sukelia į organizmą įsiskverbę patogeniniai mikrobai (bakterijos, virusai, grybai, pirmuonys). Plinta pavieniais susirgimais arba masiniais protrūkiais,… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
contagious disease — noun any disease easily transmitted by contact • Syn: ↑contagion • Derivationally related forms: ↑contagious (for: ↑contagion) • Hypernyms: ↑communicable disease … Useful english dictionary
contagious disease — A disease communicable by contact, or by bodily exhalation. Grayson v Lynch 163 US 468, 477, 41 L Ed 230, 233, 16 S Ct 1064. See infectious disease … Ballentine's law dictionary
infectious — 1 Infectious, contagious, communicable, catchingin their basic use as applied to diseases are distinguishable though closely similar in meaning. Infectious designates a disease resulting from the invasion of and multiplication in the body by… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Contagious — Con*ta gious, a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F. contagieux.] 1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease. [1913 Webster] 2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contagious — A contagious disease is one transmitted by physical contact, as distinct from an infectious disease, which is transmitted by micro organisms in the air or in water. In figurative use, contagious and infectious overlap in modifying positive or… … Modern English usage
Infectious bursal disease — (IBD) is a highly contagious disease of young chickens caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV),cite book |chapterurl=http://www.horizonpress.com/rnav|author=Caston et al|year=2008|chapter=Infectious Bursal Disease Virus… … Wikipedia
Infectious disease — In*fec tious dis*ease (a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. (b) Sometimes, as distinguished from {contagious disease}, such a disease… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infectious disease — n a disease caused by the entrance into the body of organisms (as bacteria, protozoans, fungi, or viruses) which grow and multiply there see COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, CONTAGIOUS DISEASE * * * see communicable disease … Medical dictionary
