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infectiology en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The study of infection
    • We describe here a novel approach to infectiology for salmonid fish where blood samples are collected repeatedly in a small group of PIT-tagged animals. 2015 September 24, “Individual Monitoring of Immune Response in Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar following Experimental Infection with Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

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infectology alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

infectological · infectologist · infectiological · infectiologist · infectologic · infectiologic

Relateds

infectious diseases · infectious disease

Translations (7)

hu fertőzéstan (Translations) · fr infectologie (Translations) · cs infektologie (Translations) · de Infektiologie (Translations) · sk infektológia (Translations) · fr infectiologie (Translations) · hu infektológia (Translations)

wikipedia: classical compound · wikipedia: international scientific vocabulary