infectious disease

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === infectious disease (plural infectious diseases) (medicine, uncountable, countable) 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. Synonym: infection (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections. Synonyms: ID, infectious diseases, infectiology, infectology ==== Descendants ==== Tok Pisin: infekses disis ==== Translations ====