communicable disease

English Thesaurus

1. a disease that can be communicated from one person to another (noun.state)

hypernym	:	disease,
definition	:	an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state)

hyponym	:	contagion, contagious disease,
definition	:	any disease easily transmitted by contact (noun.state)

hyponym	:	infectious disease,
definition	:	a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (noun.state)

hyponym	:	cold, common cold,
definition	:	a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) (noun.state)