| has gloss | (noun) any disease easily transmitted by contact
contagion, contagious disease |
| has gloss | eng: A contagious disease is a subset category of infectious diseases (or communicable diseases), which are easily transmitted by physical contact (hence the name-origin) with the person suffering the disease, or by their secretions or objects touched by them. |
| lexicalization | eng: contagion |
| lexicalization | eng: contagious disease |
| subclass of | (noun) a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
communicable disease |
| has subclass | (noun) an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
influenza, flu, grippe |
| has subclass | (noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
measles, rubeola, morbilli |
| has subclass | (noun) acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
diphtheria |
| has subclass | (noun) an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
scarlatina, scarlet fever |
| has subclass | (noun) a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
pox |
| has subclass | (noun) an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
Vincent's angina, trench mouth, Vincent's infection |
| has subclass | (noun) a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
STD, Cupid's itch, Venus's curse, Cupid's disease, dose, social disease, sexually transmitted disease, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection |