noun
Meaning 1
The study of infection
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
infectiology
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History
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from infection + -ology; being ISV, the word is cognate with French infectiologie, but in English the usual name of the medical specialty is infectious disease or infectious diseases.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: infektologie — Translations
- French: infectiologie — Translations
- French: infectologie — Translations
- German: Infektiologie — Translations
- Hungarian: infektológia — Translations
- Hungarian: fertőzéstan — Translations
- Slovak: infektológia — Translations