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contagion
[ kuhn-tey-juhn ]
noun
- the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact.
- a disease so communicated.
- the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted.
- harmful or undesirable contact or influence.
- the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person:
a contagion of fear.
contagion
/ kənˈteɪdʒən /
noun
- the transmission of disease from one person to another by direct or indirect contact
- a contagious disease
- another name for contagium
- a corrupting or harmful influence that tends to spread; pollutant
- the spreading of an emotional or mental state among a number of people
the contagion of mirth
contagion
/ kən-tā′jən /
- The transmission of an infectious disease resulting from direct or indirect contact between individuals or animals.
- A disease that is transmitted in this way.
- The agent that causes a contagious disease, such as a bacterium or a virus.
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Other Words From
- con·tagioned adjective
- noncon·tagion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contagion1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contagion1
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Example Sentences
In addition, the protests had been largely contained to very specific areas and the fear of contagion never materialized.
As scary as contagion can seem, nobody should be panicking, no matter which virus happens to be making the headlines.
Further, the contagion effect of suicide and the resultant attention to it is a well-documented phenomenon.
But although desire cannot be imparted by argument, it can be by contagion.
In fact, we have been inoculated from the experience of contagion.
It may be transmitted through the air for short distances, not nearly so far as the air will carry the contagion of smallpox.
The contagion is spread just as that of smallpox is spread, except that it is not carried through the air so far.
The specific cause of typhus is unknown, but the contagion develops and reproduces itself in the body of the patient.
Curiously enough, for the next two days and nights a perfect contagion of watching seemed to have spread through the village.
Wedding-cards have been pouring in till the contagion has reached us; Edith will be married next Thursday.
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