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communicable disease

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Noun1.communicable disease - a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact
infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
cold, common cold - a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"


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