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infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] adj 1. (Medicine) (of a disease) capable of being transmitted Compare contagious 2. (Medicine / Pathology) (of a disease) caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, or protozoa 3. (Medicine) causing or transmitting infection 4. tending or apt to spread, as from one person to another infectious mirth 5. (Law) International law a. tainting or capable of tainting with illegality b. rendering liable to seizure or forfeiture infectiously adv infectiousness n
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infectious adjective catching, spreading, contagious, communicable, poisoning, corrupting, contaminating, polluting, virulent, defiling, infective, vitiating, pestilential, transmittable infectious diseases such as measles Translations infectious [ɪnˈfekʃəs] A. ADJ 1. (Med) [disease] → infeccioso, contagioso he is no longer infectious → ya le ha pasado el periodo del contagio 2. (fig) [person, laugh, enthusiasm, rhythm] → contagioso B. CPD infectious hepatitis N → hepatitis f infecciosa infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] adj [laugh, enthusiasm] → contagieux/euse infectious adj (Med) disease → ansteckend, infektiös; are you still infectious? → besteht bei dir noch Ansteckungsgefahr? infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] adj (disease) → infettivo/a, contagioso/a; (person, laughter) → contagioso/a infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] adj (disease) → infettivo/a, contagioso/a; (person, laughter) → contagioso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Both industries suffered enormous losses from disease outbreaks like infectious salmon anemia and Taura syndrome in shrimp. This decline followed a period of fallowing, which in turn followed widespread culling to control the outbreak of infectious salmon anemia of 1998-99 (22,4). Advanced BioNutrition (ABN), a leader in developing products to promote health and control disease in the fields of aquaculture and agriculture, announced that it has been awarded $190,000 in funding from the Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant Program for a study entitled "Novel Oral Vaccine for Infectious Salmon Anemia. |
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