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How to pronounce “infectious”
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Pronunciation guide for infectious
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- Practice the English pronunciation of infectious with real speech in context.
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- How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable
infectious diseases like this even even
- Definition summary
- (pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
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How to pronounce infectious
How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable
infectious diseases like this even even
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “infectious”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
- (pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
- (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
- (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
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