ambukizi

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Meaning

Describes a disease that passes from one person or animal to another, through touch, the air, water or insects.

Good to know

Used after the noun without changing: ugonjwa ambukizi, magonjwa ambukizi. From kuambukiza, to infect; the opposite is magonjwa yasiyo ambukizi, non communicable diseases.

Examples

• Kipindupindu ni ugonjwa ambukizi unaoenea kwa maji machafu.Cholera is an infectious disease that spreads through dirty water.
• Hospitali imefungua wodi mpya ya magonjwa ambukizi.The hospital has opened a new ward for infectious diseases.
• Daktari huyu ni mtaalamu wa magonjwa ambukizi.This doctor is a specialist in infectious diseases.

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