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We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease.
S. Jay Olshansky

Meaning of "infectious disease" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

infectious disease  [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

noun
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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
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Infectious disease is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

infectious disease

Infection

Infection is the invasion of a host organism's body tissues by disease-causing organisms, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce. Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases or communicable diseases, comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism. Infections are caused by infectious agents such as viruses, viroids, and prions, microorganisms such as bacteria, nematodes such as roundworms and pinworms, arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, fungi such as ringworm, and other macroparasites such as tapeworms. Hosts can fight infections using their immune system. Mammalian hosts react to infections with an innate response, often involving inflammation, followed by an adaptive response. Pharmaceuticals can also help fight infections. The branch of medicine that focuses on infections and pathogens is infectious disease medicine.

Definition of infectious disease in the English dictionary

The definition of infectious disease in the dictionary is a disease caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, or protozoa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE


Antilles
ænˈtɪliːz
Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
disease
dɪˈziːz
ease
iːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
he´s
hiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
kneesies
ˈniːziːz
mise
miːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
she´s
ʃiːz
species
ˈspiːʃiːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
these
ðiːz
zzzs
ziːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFECTIOUS DISEASE

infect
infectant
infected
infecter
infection
infection rate
infectious
infectious canine hepatitis
infectious enterohepatitis
infectious hepatitis
infectious keratitis
infectious mononucleosis
infectiously
infectiousness
infective
infectively
infectiveness
infectivity
infector
infecund

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Alzheimer´s disease
Chagas´ disease
coeliac disease
coronary heart disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Crohn´s disease
Cushing´s disease
degenerative joint disease
diverticular disease
gum disease
hand, foot, and mouth disease
heart disease
Huntington´s disease
increase
kidney disease
Lyme disease
motor neuron disease
Paget´s disease
Parkinson´s disease
sease
skin disease

Synonyms and antonyms of infectious disease in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «infectious disease» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Find out the translation of infectious disease to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of infectious disease from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infectious disease» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

传染病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermedad infecciosa
570 millions of speakers

English

infectious disease
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संक्रामक रोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأمراض المعدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инфекционное заболевание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doença infecciosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংক্রামক রোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladie infectieuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

penyakit berjangkit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Infektionskrankheiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

感染症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감염 질환
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penyakit infèksius
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh truyền nhiễm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொற்று நோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संसर्गजन्य रोग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulaşıcı hastalık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malattia infettiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

choroby zakaźne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інфекційне захворювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boală infecțioasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μολυσματική ασθένεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aansteeklike siektes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infektionssjukdom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infeksjonssykdom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infectious disease

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFECTIOUS DISEASE»

The term «infectious disease» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFECTIOUS DISEASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «infectious disease» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «infectious disease» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about infectious disease

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6 QUOTES WITH «INFECTIOUS DISEASE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word infectious disease.
1
Joseph DeRisi
When I came to University of California, San Francisco to work on infectious disease, I looked around to different options, and malaria was particularly interesting and fascinating to me. It's amazing that after 100 years of study of this little parasite, we've not been able to effectively control it.
2
Arthur Erickson
The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.
3
Harvey V. Fineberg
We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.
4
Jill Lepore
Germ theory, which secularized infectious disease, had a side effect: it sacralized epidemiology.
5
Alice Miller
Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation.
6
S. Jay Olshansky
We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFECTIOUS DISEASE»

Discover the use of infectious disease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infectious disease and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Clinical Infectious Disease
This clinically-oriented text focuses on the diagnostic protocols and treatment strategies with which physicians must be familiar when managing infectious disease patients.
David Schlossberg, 2008
2
Natural History of Infectious Disease
Provides a biological inquiry into the causes and spread of infectious disease and its impact on human survival
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, David O. White, 1972
3
Case Studies in Infectious Disease
Written for students of microbiology and medicine this book describes the natural history of infection from point of entry of the pathogen through pathogenesis, followed by clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment.
Peter Lydyard, Michael Cole, John Holton, 2010
4
Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters
Emphasizing strategies for the prevention of illness and mitigation of disease, this book provides detailed, practical information regarding fundamental principles of disease control and specific management of important diseases affecting ...
Lila Miller, Kate Hurley, 2011
5
An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling
This book is intended to fill this gap by providing an accessible introduction to the methods for setting up models and illustrating how and where they can be applied.
Emilia Vynnycky, Richard White, 2010
6
Infectious Disease Surveillance
This fully updated edition of Infectious Disease Surveillance is for frontline public health practitioners, epidemiologists, and clinical microbiologists who are engaged in communicable disease control.
Nkuchia M. M'ikanatha, Ruth Lynfield, Chris A. Van Beneden, 2013
7
Infectious Disease: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Case Studies
The clear demand for an integrated approach has led to the publication of this text.
Nandini Shetty, Julian W Tang, Julie Andrews, 2009
8
Diagnostic Pathology of Infectious Disease
Covers the latest techniques in immunohistochemistry and molecular genetics integrated throughout the text for comprehensive information on all investigative contexts relevant to ensuring diagnostic accuracy.
Richard L. Kradin, 2010
9
Infectious Disease Secrets
Content has been revised and updated to reflect current knowledge and understanding of infectious disease processes. The emphasis on the sound foundation of how to explore and discover new information is retained.
Robert H. Gates, 2003
10
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Now in its third edition, this comprehensive volume is recognized as the most authoritative review of the epidemiology of infectious disease.
Kenrad E. Nelson, Carolyn Masters Williams, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFECTIOUS DISEASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infectious disease is used in the context of the following news items.
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Point-of-care Infectious Disease Diagnostics Market - Global …
Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, parasites, virus, and fungi. It can be spread directly or ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
2
United States Future Horizons and Growth Strategies in the Point-of …
This new 795-page report contains 61 tables, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the POC infectious disease testing market, including ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
3
Partners from Jamaica, Buffalo plan new center for infectious
Partners from Jamaica, Buffalo plan new center for infectious disease research. Charles Zukoski, Fenton Ferguson, Eunice Lewin, Charles L. «University at Buffalo Reporter, Jul 15»
4
Lawsuit says ex-Shamokin dentist's unsanitary conditions caused …
The lawsuit alleges Weikel was diagnosed with an infectious disease following routine blood work in July 2013. The disease was undisclosed ... «News Item, Jul 15»
5
World Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostics Market 2015-2019 …
The infectious disease molecular diagnostics market is one of the most rapidly growing segments of the in vitro diagnostics industry. The next ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
6
UB partners with Jamaica on infectious disease research center
Plans call for the Jamaican Center for Infectious Disease Research to serve as a regional center of excellence serving multiple Caribbean ... «Buffalo Business First, Jul 15»
7
Motif Bio adds infectious disease expert to scientific advisory board
... of directors for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and on the board of directors for the Infectious Disease Society of America. «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
8
OpGen Closes $6 Million Financing With Merck GHI to Expand …
Evan Jones, chairman and chief executive officer of OpGen, said, "Merck is a world leader in antibiotics and infectious disease therapeutics and ... «EIN News, Jul 15»
9
The Patient with Acute-Bacterial Skin and Skin-Structure Infections
Target Audience: This activity is designed for infectious disease specialists and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of ... «Healio, Jul 15»
10
Infectious disease Once-daily, single-tablet HIV PEP promises high …
HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) with once-daily use of a single tablet containing emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

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