noun
: a disease communicable by contact with one suffering from it, with a bodily discharge of such a patient, or with an object touched by such a patient or his bodily discharges — compare infectious disease; germ theory
noun
: a disease communicable by contact with one suffering from it, with a bodily discharge of such a patient, or with an object touched by such a patient or his bodily discharges — compare infectious disease; germ theory
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012