AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("airborne transmission" is a kind of...):

transmission mechanism (any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being)

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