RISK OF INFECTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

Synonyms:

risk; risk of infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("risk of infection" is a kind of...):

chance; probability (a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible)

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