Copyright © 2024 Farlex, Inc.
| Privacy policy
| Feedback | Dictionary Home
Disclaimer: All content on this website is for informational purposes only. It was submitted by the users and has not been checked for accuracy. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
communicable disease
Definition
Medico-legal term for an infectious or sexually transmitted disease. See STD for synonyms.Quote: Ralph (Danny DeVito) blaming Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) for his incarceration in The Jewel of the Nile ((1985): ' They threw me in a jail filled with rejects from the communicable diseases ward. Every wacko, drippy, open-soared low-life was in that joint, all of 'em wanting to hire on as my proctologist.'
Link to this page:
Add or improve a definition
common sense
common sewer
common shore
common tangent
common tart
common woman
common-law husband
common-law marriage
common-law spouse
common-law wife
commoner
commoner of the camp
Commonplace
commonwealth
commotion
communal
communicating
communication
Communications Decency Act
communique
communism
communist
community
community chest
community dictionary
commutation
Commutative
commute
comorbidity
COMP
Comp Off
common sewer
common shore
common tangent
common tart
common woman
common-law husband
common-law marriage
common-law spouse
common-law wife
commoner
commoner of the camp
Commonplace
commonwealth
commotion
communal
communicable disease
Communicatecommunicating
communication
Communications Decency Act
communique
communism
communist
community
community chest
community dictionary
commutation
Commutative
commute
comorbidity
COMP
Comp Off