infectiology

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noun

The study of infection

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Meanings

nouninfectiology (uncountable)

alternative infectology

  1. uncountableThe study of infection

    We describe here a novel approach to infectiology for salmonid fish where blood samples are collected repeatedly in a small group of PIT-tagged animals.

    2015 September 24, “Individual Monitoring of Immune Response in Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar following Experimental Infection with Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
infectious disease

Origin

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from infection + -ology; being ISV, the word is cognate with French infectiologie, but in English the usual name of the medical specialty is infectious disease or infectious diseases.

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Translations

Czech infektologie
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French infectiologie, infectologie
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German Infektiologie
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Hungarian infektológia, fertőzéstan
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Slovak infektológia
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Cite this entry
APA

infectiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectiology

MLA

“infectiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectiology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infectiology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectiology.

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