Meanings
plural infectious diseases
- countableuncountablemedicineAn 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.
Synonyms: infection
- medicineA medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
Synonyms: ID, infectious diseases, infectiology, infectology
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn 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.
nounA medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.
Translations
Arabic مَرَض مُعْدٍ
- مَرَض مُعْدٍ (maraḍ muʕdin)disease
Bengali সংক্রামক রোগ
- সংক্রামক রোগ (śoṅkramok rōg)disease
Chinese Mandarin 傳染病 /传染病, 傳染病學 /传染病学
- 傳染病 /传染病 (chuánrǎnbìng)disease
- 傳染病學 /传染病学 (chuánrǎnbìngxué)medical specialty
Estonian nakkushaigus
- nakkushaigusdisease
Finnish tarttuva tauti, tartuntatauti
- tarttuva tautidisease
- tartuntatautidisease
- tartuntatautioppimedical specialty
- infektiologiamedical specialty
French maladie infectieuse, infectiologie
- maladie infectieusedisease
- infectiologiemedical specialty
German Infektionskrankheit
- Infektionskrankheitdisease
Indonesian penyakit menular, penyakit infeksi
- penyakit menulardisease
- penyakit infeksidisease
- penyakit infeksimedical specialty
Irish galar gabhálach, galar tógálach
- galar gabhálachdisease
- galar tógálachdisease
Japanese 感染症, 感染性疾患
- 感染症 (kansenshō)disease
- 感染性疾患 (kansenseishikkan)disease
- 伝染病 (densenbyō)disease
Malay penyakit berjangkit, penyakit berjangkit
- penyakit berjangkitdisease
- penyakit berjangkitmedical specialty
Māori mate hōrapa
- mate hōrapadisease
Russian инфекционное заболевание
- инфекционное заболевание (infekcionnoje zabolevanije)disease
Swahili ugonjwa wa kuambukiza
- ugonjwa wa kuambukizadisease
Swedish infektionssjukdom
- infektionssjukdomdisease
Tamil தொற்றுநோய்
- தொற்றுநோய் (toṟṟunōy)disease
Thai โรคติดเชื้อ
- โรคติดเชื้อ (rôok-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa)disease
Vietnamese bệnh truyền nhiễm
- bệnh truyền nhiễmdisease
Cite this entry
infectious disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectious%20disease
“infectious disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectious%20disease. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infectious disease,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infectious%20disease.
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