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infectious disease noun

  • (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.
 maladie infectieuse
  • (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
 maladie infectieuse, infectiologie
infectious disease specialist
infectiologue, infectologue
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