infectious disease

CIDE DICTIONARY

infectious disease,  

 Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

THESAURUS

infectious disease

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