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Infectious Disease Pronunciation
Infectious Disease is pronounced in-FEK-shuhs-di-ZEEZ, IPA /ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziz/.
in-FEK-shuhs-di-ZEEZ
US /ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziz/ · UK /ɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziːz/
Syllables: in · FEK · shuhs · di · ZEEZ (5 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
phrase (noun): An illness caused by an organism that can pass from one host to another.
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Infectious Disease in a Sentence
- She specialises in infectious disease.
- The ward is reserved for infectious disease cases.
- Infectious disease killed more soldiers than fighting did.
Common Mispronunciations of Infectious Disease
Not in-FEK-shuhs-DI-zeez
Disease takes end stress, di-ZEEZ, so the loudest point of the phrase is its final beat.
Not in-FEK-shuhs-di-ZEES
Both s letters in disease buzz as z, giving di-ZEEZ with no hiss anywhere.
Tip: Two stresses carry the phrase, FEK and ZEEZ, with everything between them light.
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