infectious+disease

  • 61infectious — [in fek′shəs] adj. 1. likely to cause infection; containing disease producing organisms or matter 2. designating a disease that can be communicated by INFECTION (sense 2) 3. tending to spread or to affect others; catching [an infectious laugh] 4 …

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  • 62infectious coryza — n an acute infectious respiratory disease of chickens that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. paragallinarum syn. H. gallinarum) and is characterized by catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nasal passages and… …

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  • 63Disease in colonial America — was a very dangerous unknown entity with very few remedies at the beginning of Colonial America. Throughout Colonial America many diseases came, some deadly and others treatable but all had in common, that they were the first diseases that were… …

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  • 64infectious laryngotracheitis — n a severe highly contagious and often fatal disease of chickens and pheasants that affects chiefly adult birds, is caused by a herpesvirus (species Gallid herpesvirus 1 of the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae) related to the two viruses causing… …

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  • 65infectious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a disease or disease causing organism) liable to be transmitted through the environment. 2) liable to spread infection. 3) likely to spread to or influence others. DERIVATIVES infectiously adverb infectiousness noun …

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  • 66infectious rhinotracheitis — infectious bovine rhinotracheitis an acute, infectious, febrile disease of cattle, caused by bovine herpesvirus 1 and marked by inflammation and ulceration of the upper respiratory tract, which may be followed by pneumonia, coughing, profuse… …

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  • 67Болезнь Заразная (Communicable Disease), Болезнь Инфекционная (Contagious Disease, Infectious Disease) — заболевание, которое может передаваться от одного человека другому, Заражение происходит при непосредственном контакте; через предметы, которыми пользовался больной инфекционным заболеванием, на которых могут находиться болезнетворные… …

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  • 68infectious abortion — n CONTAGIOUS ABORTION * * * 1. abortion in cattle caused by Brucella abortus, Campylobacter species, or a variety of other bacteria and viruses. Called also Bang disease. See also enzootic a. of cattle. 2. abortion in horses caused by Salmonella… …

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  • 69infectious bovine rhinotracheitis — n a disease of cattle caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Bovine herpesvirus 1) and characterized by inflammation and ulceration of the nasal cavities and trachea …

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  • 70infectious jaundice — n 1) HEPATITIS A 2) WEIL S DISEASE * * * infective jaundice Weil syndrome …

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