The agency, principle, or material by which (a) disease is transmitted or spread. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > agent or medium (15) infectiona1398 The agency, principle, or material by which (a) disease is transmitted or spread. Obsolete. leavena1400 More generally: any substance that produces (supposed) fermentation; a ferment (ferment, n. 1); a causative agent of a zymotic disease. Obsolete. virusa1400 Medicine. Originally: pus or other discharge produced by an ulcer or wound. Later: a substance produced within the body by a disease, esp. when… contagion1603 The substance or principle by which a contagious disease is transmitted; = contagium, n. taint1623 A contaminating, corrupting, or depraving influence, physical or moral; a cause or condition of corruption or decay; an infection. fomes1800 Medicine. Something that is capable of transferring a disease from one place or individual to another; spec. an object or substance that is… conductor1807 A medium which transmits or conveys any disease or other condition. infectant1832 An infecting or infectious agent. zymin1842 = zyme, n. contagium1870 spec. ‘The supposed solid or gaseous organized or unorganized substance by which infectious or contagious diseases are communicated’ (New Sydenham So… noxa1872 A substance, agent, condition, process, or influence that is harmful to the body. pathogen1880 A microorganism that causes disease. Also figurative. zyme1882 A name for the substance or principle causing a zymotic disease: cf. zymosis, n. auto-infectant1887 = autointoxicant n. insult1903 Medicine. Anything which tends to cause disease in or injury to the body or to disturb normal bodily processes; also, the resulting reaction, lesion… |
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