contagious+disease
71communicable disease — n an infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector) compare CONTAGIOUS DISEASE * * * (contagious disease, infectious… …
72sexually transmitted disease — noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • Syn: ↑venereal disease, ↑VD, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid s itch, ↑Cupid s disease, ↑Venus s curse, ↑dose, ↑ …
73Foot-and-mouth disease — A highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting livestock cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. The virus is in the same family of viruses as those causing the common cold. The virus is spread by many routes by… …
74communicable disease — noun a disease that can be communicated from one person to another • Hypernyms: ↑disease • Hyponyms: ↑contagious disease, ↑contagion, ↑infectious disease, ↑cold, ↑common cold * * * noun …
75Infectious 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… …
76Infectious 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… …
77Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus — Taxobox regnum = Viruses virus group = familia = Caliciviridae genus = Lagovirus species = Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), also known as rabbit calicivirus (RCV), is the type species of the genus… …
78geography of disease — There are certain diseases in China that show unique environmental characteristics. This particular focus is part of medical geography which studies the spatial variation of health and disease in any population and which searches for explanations …
79infectious disease — noun a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑communicable disease • Hyponyms: ↑AIDS, ↑acquired immune deficiency syndrome, ↑brucellosis, ↑undulant fever, ↑ …
80hoof-and-mouth disease — noun acute contagious disease of cloven footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs • Syn: ↑foot and mouth disease • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun [noncount] : ↑foot and mouth disease * * * ˌhoof and ˈmouth disease 7 …
