infectious disease

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Noun

infectious disease (plural infectious diseases)

(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.
Synonyms: transmissible disease, communicable disease
(medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
Synonyms: ID, infectious diseases, infectious disease medicine, infectious medicine, infectiology, infectology

Translations

disease

Arabic: مَرَض مُعْدٍ m (maraḍ muʕdin)
Bengali: সংক্রামক রোগ (bn) (śoṅkramok rōg)
Burmese: ကူးစက်ရောဂါ (my) (ku:cak-rau:ga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳染病／传染病 (zh) (chuánrǎnbìng)
Finnish: tarttuva tauti, tartuntatauti (fi)
French: maladie infectieuse (fr)
German: Infektionskrankheit (de)
Gujarati: ચેપી રોગ (cepī rog)
Indonesian: penyakit menular, penyakit infeksi
Irish: galar gabhálach m, galar tógálach m
Japanese: 感染症 (ja) (kansenshō), 感染性疾患 (kansenseishikkan), 伝染病 (ja) (densenbyō)
Malay: penyakit berjangkit
Maori: mate hōrapa
Newar: संक्रमक ल्वे (saṃkramaka lwe)
Swahili: ugonjwa wa kuambukiza
Swedish: infektionssjukdom (sv) c
Thai: โรคติดเชื้อ (rôok-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa)
Vietnamese: bệnh truyền nhiễm

medical specialty

Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳染病學／传染病学 (zh) (chuánrǎnbìngxué)
Finnish: tartuntatautioppi, infektiologia
French: infectiologie (fr) f
Indonesian: penyakit infeksi
Malay: penyakit berjangkit

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