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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Infectious disease

· In·fec·tious dis·ease · IPA
01 Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.
  1. 1.
    Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of microorganisms in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.