*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
Contagious or communicable diseases are those that can be spread from one person to another. Infectious diseases that commonly occur among children are often communicable or contagious and may spread very easily from person to person. Infants and toddlers are highly susceptible to contagious diseases.