infectionist
/ɪnˈfɛkʃ(ə)nɪst/Medicine. Now historical
noun
A person who believes that a particular disease is infectious (i.e. spread by indirect means, as by contaminated water) rather than contagious (i.e. spread by close contact with the sick).
Origin
Mid 19th century. From infection + -ist, after French infectionniste.
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