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Infectious vs Pullorum - What's the difference?

infectious | pullorum |

As an adjective infectious

is (pathology|of an illness) transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.

As a noun pullorum is

(veterinary medicine) a severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.

infectious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pathology, of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
    • Cancer is not infectious .
    More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.
  • (pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
    • Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious .
  • (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
    • Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious .
  • (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
    • Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.

    Synonyms

    * (transmitted between persons as illness) catching, contagious * (able to infect others) contagious * (spreading quickly between persons) contagious * (memorable and exciting) catchy, contagious

    Derived terms

    * infection * toxicoinfectious

    Anagrams

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    pullorum

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (veterinary medicine) A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.
  • * 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 246:
    • I should recount my own experience with chooks – and I do not mean the difficulties, with lice, mites, fowl pox, pullorum or bum-drop about which subjects Goon's otherwise taciturn cousin gave me enough information to last a lifetime.
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