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1 chicken-pox
noun (an infectious disease with fever and red itchy spots.) varicelle -
2 German measles
noun (a mild infectious disease with symptoms of tiny red spots on the body, fever and cough.) -
3 smallpox
noun (a type of serious infectious disease in which there is a severe rash of large, pus-filled spots that usually leave scars.) variole -
4 typhoid (fever)
(a dangerous type of infectious disease, caused by germs in food or drinking water: He died of typhoid (fever).) (fièvre) typhoïde -
5 typhoid (fever)
(a dangerous type of infectious disease, caused by germs in food or drinking water: He died of typhoid (fever).) (fièvre) typhoïde -
6 typhus
(a dangerous type of infectious disease, spread by lice: She is suffering from typhus.) typhus -
7 cholera
['kolərə](a highly infectious, often fatal disease occurring in hot countries.) choléra -
8 contact
['kontækt] 1. noun1) (physical touch or nearness: Her hands came into contact with acid; Has she been in contact with measles?) contact2) (communication: I've lost contact with all my old friends; We have succeeded in making (radio) contact with the ship; How can I get in contact with him?) contact3) (a person with influence, knowledge etc which might be useful: I made several good contacts in London.) relation(s)4) ((a place where) a wire etc carrying electric current (may be attached): the contacts on the battery.) contact5) (a person who has been near someone with an infectious disease: We must trace all known contacts of the cholera victim.) contaminateur/-trice possible6) (a person or thing that provides a means of communicating with someone: His radio is his only contact with the outside world.) lien2. verb(to get in touch with in order to give or share information etc: I'll contact you by telephone.) contacter -
9 diphtheria
[dif'Ɵiəriə](an infectious disease of the throat.) diphtérie -
10 distemper
[di'stempə]1) (a kind of paint used on walls.) détrempe2) (an infectious disease especially in dogs.) -
11 dysentery
['disəntri](an infectious disease with severe diarrhoea.) dysenterie -
12 influenza
[influ'enzə](a type of infectious illness usually causing headache, fever, a cold etc.) grippe -
13 measles
['mi:zlz](an infectious disease accompanied by red spots on the skin: People usually get measles in childhood.) rougeole -
14 plague
[pleiɡ] 1. noun1) (especially formerly, an extremely infectious and deadly disease, especially one carried by fleas from rats.) peste2) (a large and annoying quantity: a plague of flies.) invasion2. verb(to annoy or pester continually or frequently: The child was plaguing her with questions.) harceler -
15 quarantine
['kworənti:n] 1. noun1) (the keeping away from other people or animals of people or animals that might be carrying an infectious disease: My dog was in quarantine for six months.) quarantaine2) (the period in or for which this is done: The quarantine for a dog entering Britain from abroad is six months.) quarantaine2. verb(to put (a person or animal) in quarantine.) mettre en quarantaine -
16 shingles
['ʃiŋɡlz](a kind of infectious disease causing a rash of painful blisters.) zona -
17 tuberculosis
[tjubə:kju'ləusis]((often abbreviated to TB [ti:'bi:]) an infectious disease usually affecting the lungs: He suffers from / has tuberculosis.) tuberculose -
18 whooping-cough
['hu:-]noun (an infectious disease with violent bouts of coughing followed by a whoop.) coqueluche -
19 EID
EID [‚i:aɪ'di:]Biology & Medicine ( abbreviation emerging infectious diseases) maladies fpl infectieuses émergentes
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