infectious disease

English

Noun

infectious disease (plural infectious diseases)

1. (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

2. (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 muʕdin)
• Burmese: ကူးစက်ရောဂါ (my) (ku:cak-rau:ga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳染病／传染病 (zh) (chuánrǎnbìng), 传染病 (zh) (chuánrǎnbìng)

• French: maladie infectieuse (fr)
• German: Infektionskrankheit (de)
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• Gujarati: ચેપી રોગ (cepī rog)
• Irish: galar gabhálach m, galar tógálach m
• Maori: mate hōrapa
• Newar: संक्रमक ल्वे (saṃkramaka lwe)
• Thai: โรคติดเชื้อ (rôok-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa)
• Vietnamese: bệnh truyền nhiễm

medical specialty

• Chinese:

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

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