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Definition: Communicable Disease |
Communicable DiseaseNoun1. A disease that can be communicated from one person to another. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A disease that can be transmitted by contact between persons. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Communicable Disease |
| English words defined with "communicable disease": Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch ♦ Hansen's disease ♦ leprosy ♦ scarlatina, scarlet fever, sexually transmitted disease, social disease ♦ VD, venereal disease, Venus's curse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "communicable disease": HEALTH OFFICER, FIELD ♦ investigator, communicable disease ♦ PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRAR ♦ Universal Precautions. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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![]() | Communicable Disease Chart for Schools. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Child Day Care Center Communicable Disease Chart. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It should be noted that dental caries is an infectious, communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by acid-forming bacteria found in dental plaque, an intraoral biofilm, in the presence of sugar. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | The United States and Japan cooperate on a broad range of global issues, including development assistance combating communicable disease such as the spread of HIV/AIDS, and protecting the environment and natural resources. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "communicable disease": Communicable Disease Control ♦ consultant in communicable disease control. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "communicable disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | smitsomme sygdomme (contagious disease, infectious disease, infective disease), epidemiske sygdomme (contagious disease). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | contagieuze ziekte, besmettelijke ziekte (contagious disease, infectious disease), besmettelijke zieken (contagious disease). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | maladies transmissibles (contagious disease), maladies contagieuses (contagious disease), maladie transmissible. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Infektionskrankheiten (contagious disease), ansteckende Krankheiten (contagious disease, infectious disease, infective disease), übertragbare Krankheiten (contagious disease), übertragbare Erkrankung. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | μεταδοτικές νόσοι (contagious disease), μεταδοτικές ασθένειες (contagious disease), μεταδοτική νόσος, μολυσματικές νόσοι (contagious disease), λοιμώδεις νόσοι (contagious disease). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | malattie infettive (contagious disease), malattia trasmissibile (transmissible disease). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ommunicablecay iseaseday doenças contagiosas (contagious disease), doença transmissível. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-d-e-e-e-i-i-l-m-m-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-5 letters: ecumenicalisms. | |
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