infection (noun)
81pullorum disease — noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens • Syn: ↑bacillary white diarrhea, ↑bacillary white diarrhoea • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * pəˈlōrəm , lȯrəm noun also pullorum …
82blood test — noun a serologic analysis of a sample of blood • Hypernyms: ↑biopsy • Hyponyms: ↑agglutination test, ↑complement fixation test, ↑PSA blood test * * * noun : a test of the blood (as to determine parentage or ascertain the nature of an infection); …
83immune system — noun a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response • Hypernyms: ↑system • Part Meronyms: ↑marrow, ↑bone marrow,… …
84amoebiasis — noun infection by a disease causing ameba • Syn: ↑amebiasis, ↑amebiosis, ↑amoebiosis • Hypernyms: ↑protozoal infection • Hyponyms: ↑amebic dysentery, ↑amoebic dysentery …
85contagious abortion — noun an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings • Syn: ↑brucellosis, ↑Bang s disease • Hypernyms: ↑zoonosis, ↑zoonotic disease * * * noun 1. : bruce …
86hemorrhagic fever — noun a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage • Syn: ↑haemorrhagic fever, ↑viral hemorrhagic fever, ↑viral… …
87hemorrhagic septicemia — noun an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection • Syn: ↑pasteurellosis • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun : pasteurellosis of domestic animals usually due to a bacterium (Pasteurella multocida) and typically… …
88subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — noun a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years • Syn:… …
89tuberculin test — noun a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin • Syn: ↑tuberculin skin test • Hypernyms: ↑skin test • Hyponyms: ↑Mantoux test, ↑tine test * * * …
90lymph gland — noun the source of lymph and lymphocytes • Syn: ↑lymph node, ↑node • Hypernyms: ↑lymphatic tissue, ↑lymphoid tissue • Hyponyms: ↑axillary node, ↑Peyer s patch, ↑ …
