法ほう定てい伝でん染せん病びょう

noun

notifiable infectious disease; legally reportable infectious disease

A disease that physicians are legally required to report to public health authorities. This term is used in Japanese public health law.

• 医い師しは法ほう定てい伝でん染せん病びょうを診しん断だんした場ば合あい、保ほ健けん所じょに届とどけ出でなければならない。

  When a doctor diagnoses a notifiable infectious disease, they must report it to the public health center.