infectious diseases


Diseases caused by the growth of pathogenic organisms in the body. Some of these diseases may also be contagious diseases.

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How to use infectious diseases in a sentence

  • The infectious diseases in which leukocytosis is absent (p. 160) often cause a slight decrease of leukocytes.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • (b) Acute infectious diseases, especially rheumatism and typhoid fever.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • A detailed description of the disinfection in diphtheria is given in the chapter on infectious diseases in Schools.

  • Mania is apt to follow certain severe infectious diseases in delicate individuals.

  • Bubonic plague, one of the most dreaded of all infectious diseases, is carried to man by fleas from rats.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter