Communicable Disease

  

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Communicable Disease

Definition: Communicable Disease

Communicable Disease

Noun

1. A disease that can be communicated from one person to another.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Communicable Disease

DomainDefinition

Medicine

A disease that can be transmitted by contact between persons. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Communicable Disease

English words defined with "communicable disease": Cupid's disease, Cupid's itchHansen's diseaseleprosyscarlatina, scarlet fever, sexually transmitted disease, social diseaseVD, venereal disease, Venus's curse. (references)
Specialty definitions using "communicable disease": HEALTH OFFICER, FIELDinvestigator, communicable diseasePUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRARUniversal Precautions. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Communicable Disease

DomainTitle

Books

  • Communicable Disease Control Handbook (reference)

  • Safety Measures for Use in Outbreaks of Communicable Disease (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Communicable Disease

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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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Communicable Disease

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Expressions: Communicable Disease

Expressions using "communicable disease": Communicable Disease Control consultant in communicable disease control. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Communicable Disease

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

communicable disease

141

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72

communicable disease non

14

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10

communicable disease lethal virus

4

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4

communicable disease lethal tropical

4

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3

canada communicable disease report

3

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3

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2

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2

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2

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2

communicable disease leathal tropical virus

2

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2

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2

communicable disease lethal lethal tropical tropical virus

2

communicable disease list

2

communicable disease indiana

2
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Modern Translation: Communicable Disease

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

   

Portuguese

  

doenças contagiosas (contagious disease), doença transmissível. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Communicable Disease

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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