Communicable Disease (Noun)
Meaning
A disease that can be communicated from one person to another.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracks and investigates outbreaks of communicable disease to prevent widespread illness.
- Influenza is a highly communicable disease that can spread quickly through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
- The nurse took extra precautions when caring for patients with communicable disease to avoid infecting herself or others.
- The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency after confirming that the virus was a communicable disease.
- The health department worked to identify and contact anyone who may have come into contact with the person diagnosed with the communicable disease.