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adjectivecaused by infection or capable of causing infection
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"fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"adjectiveeasily spread
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"infectious hospital" "infectious disease"of or relating to infection
Definition that contains infectious
- meningitis infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
- virulent infectious; having the ability to cause disease
- psittacosis infectious disease of birds
- brucellosis infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
- rickettsial disease infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
- malta fever infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache
- lgv infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin
- rickettsiosis infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
- parrot disease infectious disease of birds
- mediterranean fever infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache