Infectious Disease (Noun)
Meaning
A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that can be transmitted through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
- Ebola is an infectious disease that can be transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood, sweat, or saliva.
- Influenza is an infectious disease that can be transmitted through respiratory droplets when an infected person talks, coughs, or sneezes.
- Malaria is an infectious disease that can be transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
- Ringworm is an infectious disease that can be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact with an infected person or animal.
Hyponyms
- Gibraltar Fever
- Black Vomit
- Paratyphoid Fever
- Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
- Malta Fever
- Breakbone Fever
- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- Polio
- T.B.
- Indian Cholera
- Yellow Fever
- Undulant Fever
- Hansen's Disease
- Asiatic Cholera
- Mononucleosis
- Listeria Meningitis
- Dengue Fever
- Typhoid Fever
- Framboesia
- Rock Fever
- Mediterranean Fever
- Epidemic Cholera
- TB
- Mono
- Kissing Disease
- Frambesia
- Epidemic Parotitis
- Recurrent Fever
- Glandular Fever
- Dandy Fever
- Infantile Paralysis
- Enteric Fever
- Rickettsiosis
- Miliary Fever
- Pertussis