TRANSMISSION MECHANISM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

mechanism (a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transmission mechanism"):

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

direct transmission (a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth)

indirect transmission (a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector)

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