ANIMAL DISEASE Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the phrase animal disease. (close relations)
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| ailment | nounn | |||||
noun • an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | ||||||
| contagion | nounn | |||||
noun • any disease easily transmitted by contact • an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted • the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | ||||||
| epidemic | nounn | |||||
adjective • (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously noun • a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | ||||||
| infection | nounn | |||||
noun • the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms • (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound • (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease • an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted • the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people • moral corruption or contamination • (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure | ||||||
| outbreak | nounn | |||||
noun • a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | ||||||
| pestilence | nounn | |||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | ||||||
