infectious disease

English

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

Translations

disease

Arabic: مَرَض مُعْدٍ‎ m (maraḍ muʿdin)
Burmese: ကူးစက်ရောဂါ (my) (ku:cak-rau:ga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳染病 (zh), 传染病 (zh) (chuánrǎnbìng)
French: maladie infectieuse (fr)
German: Infektionskrankheit (de)

Gujarati: ચેપી રોગ (cepī rog)
Maori: mate hōrapa
Newari: संक्रमक ल्वे (sãkramaka lve)
Vietnamese: bệnh truyền nhiễm

medical specialty

Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳染病學 (zh), 传染病学 (zh) (chuánrǎnbìngxué)

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