《medicine》contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
伝染病の予防には手洗いが大切だ。
Handwashing is important for preventing infectious diseases.
村で伝染病が広がり多くの人が倒れた。
An infectious disease spread through the village and many people fell ill.
伝染病の流行を食い止める対策を講じた。
Measures were taken to stop the epidemic of the infectious disease.