Pathologic Function
transmission Audio
trans·mis·sion [ trans-mish-uhn, tranz- ]
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public health medicine (field)
Definitions related to disease transmission:
  • (transmission) The conveyance of an infection to a person.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A passage or transfer, as of a disease from one individual to another.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (disease transmission, infectious) The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens. When transmission is within the same species, the mode can be horizontal or vertical (INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (communicable disease transmission) Transmission of an infectious disease by direct contact with an affected individual, the individual's discharges or by indirect means such as by a vector.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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