Found 2 items, similar to Infectious disease.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: infectious disease infectious disease n : a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
English → English (gcide) Definition: Infectious disease Infectious disease \In*fec"tious dis*ease"\ (a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. (b) Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in the air or water, and thus spread without contact with the patient, as measles. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]