infectieziekte

Definitions of infectieziekte
  1. noun
    a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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    aids
    a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
    cholera
    an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
    knokkelkoorts
    an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
    dysenterie, rodeloop
    an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
    hepatitis, leverontsteking
    inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
    herpes
    viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane
    mono
    an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
    lepra, melaatsheid
    chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
    hersenvliesontsteking, meningitis, nekkramp, nekstijfheid
    infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
    bof, dikoor
    an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
    paratyfus
    any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
    kinderverlamming, polio, poliomyelitis
    an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
    gierstkoorts, zweetkoorts
    epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
    ftisis, t.b., t.b.c., tb, tb(c), tbc, tering, tuberculose
    infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
    tyfus
    serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
    kinkhoest, pertussis
    a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
    framboesia
    an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
    antoniusvuur, gordelroos, herpes zoster, sint-antoniusvuur, zona
    eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
    encefalitis, hersenontsteking, hersenvliesontsteking, meningitis, nekkramp
    meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
    pest, pestblaar, pestbuil, pestepidemie, pestilentie, pestkoorts
    a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
    vlektyfus
    rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
    vlektyfus
    any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
    loopgravenkoorts
    marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice
    ftisis, t.b., t.b.c., tb, tb(c), tbc, tering, tuberculose
    involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
    klierziekte, krop, struma
    a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
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