*Simmer the chopped beets in a cup of water, covered, until tender, 30-40 minutes, or used canned beets. Use the beet juice from the cooking water, or the juice from canned beets. Curried pickled eggs. 1  1 cup cider vinegar.
medical definition of communicable disease an infectious disease transmissible as from person to person by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual s discharges or by indirect means as by a vector compare contagious disease
Medical Definition of INFECTIOUS DISEASE. : a disease caused by the entrance into the body of organisms (as bacteria, protozoans, fungi, or viruses) which grow and multiply thereâsee communicable disease, contagious disease.