Australian English Meaning of contagious disease

Infectious disease

Other Australian English words related to Infectious disease

Definitions and Meaning of contagious disease in English

Wordnet

contagious disease (n)

any disease easily transmitted by contact

Webster

contagious disease ()

A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by, such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not contagious, some special method of transmission or inoculation of the germs being required.

FAQs About the word contagious disease

Infectious disease

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