noun
a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
• Hypernyms: ↑disease
• Hyponyms: ↑contagious disease, ↑contagion, ↑infectious disease, ↑cold, ↑common cold
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noun : an infectious disease transmissible from person to person, animal to animal, animal to man, or man to animal by direct contact with an affected individual or his discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector) — compare contagious disease
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communicable disease noun
Any disease caused by a parasite or micro-organism that may be transferred from one person (or animal) to another
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Main Entry: ↑communicate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.