airborne transmission

Definitions of airborne transmission
  1. noun
    a transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract
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    type of:
    transmission mechanism
    any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being
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