infectionist
/ɪnˈfɛkʃ(ə)nɪst/Medicine. Now historical
noun
A person who believes that a particular disease is infectious (i.e. spread by indirect means, as by contaminated water) rather than contagious (i.e. spread by close contact with the sick).
Origin
Mid 19th century. From infection + -ist, after French infectionniste.
- semi-professional
- semi-prone position
- semiquaver
- semiquinone
- Semiramis
- semi-retired
- semi-retirement
- semi-rigid
- semi-skilled
- semi-skimmed
- semi-solid
- semispecies
- semi-submersible
- semisweet
- semi-synthetic
- incognizance
- incognizant
- incoherence
- incoherency
- incoherent
- incoherently
- incohesion
- in cold blood
- incombustibility
- incombustible