Last Updated:2025/11/20
(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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infectious
Adjective
of an illness
of a person
of feelings and behaviour
informal
Japanese Meaning
体内に侵入した細菌、ウイルス、寄生虫、あるいは異常なタンパク質(プリオンなど)によって引き起こされる感染症に関する状態。また、これらの病原体が接触、飛沫、空気感染、水、食品、物体や血液を介して伝播する性質を示す。
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