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Infectious disease

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  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact wordnet
  3. 3
    A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.

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