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infectious disease

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

infectious disease specialist infectious mononucleosis Infectiously Infectiousness Infective Infectively

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