infectious+disease
41Infectious mononucleosis — A specific viral infection (with the Epstein Barr virus) in which there is an increase of white blood cells that are mononuclear (with a single nucleus) "Mono" and "kissing disease" are popular terms for this very common… …
42infectious — 1. A disease capable of being transmitted from person to person, with or without actual contact. 2. SYN: infective. 3. Denoting a disease due to the action of a microorganism. * * * in·fec·tious in fek shəs adj 1) capable of causing infection… …
43infectious — in|fec|tious [ ın fekʃəs ] adjective * 1. ) an infectious disease is one that can spread from one person to another: The condition is highly infectious. a ) used about a person or animal that has an infectious disease: The animals were still… …
44infectious */ — UK [ɪnˈfekʃəs] / US adjective 1) a) an infectious disease is one that can spread from one person to another The condition is highly infectious. b) used about a person or animal that has an infectious disease The animals were still infectious when …
45Infectious Diseases Society of America — The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is a medical association representing physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA’s purpose is to improve the health of individuals,… …
46infectious — [ɪnˈfekʃəs] adj 1) an infectious disease can spread from one person to another The condition is highly infectious.[/ex] 2) behaviour that is infectious makes other people behave in the same way His enthusiasm was infectious.[/ex] an infectious… …
47infectious mononucleosis — noun an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing • Syn: ↑mononucleosis,… …
48disease — In a strict or literal sense, any departure from a perfect norm of health, even including some ailments which are more or less trivial. Mutual Life Ins. Co. v Simpson, 88 Tex 333. Better understood in a legal sense as an ailment or disorder of an …
49infectious — adjective Date: 1542 1. a. capable of causing infection < viruses and other infectious agents > b. communicable by infection < an infectious disease > compare contagious 2. that corrupts or contaminates 3. spreading or capable of spreading… …
50infectious necrotic hepatitis — a usually fatal infectious disease of sheep, and occasionally cattle, pigs, and horses, caused by multiplication of Clostridium novyi in areas of hepatic necrosis from liver flukes, with resultant septicemia. Called also black disease …
