contagium
the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.
Origin of contagium
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How to use contagium in a sentence
Continuo, culpam ferro compesce priusquam, Dira per infaustum serpant contagia corpus.
Wanderings in South America | Charles WatertonThe rainfall is everywhere adequate for the supply of pure water, but this must be properly stored and kept from contagia.
According to them, the contagia of epidemic disease are formed de novo in a putrescent atmosphere.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 | John TyndallBut the action of living contagia extends beyond the domain of the surgeon.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 | John TyndallTwo minutes' boiling suffices to destroy some contagia, whereas two hundred minutes' boiling fails to destroy others.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 | John Tyndall
British Dictionary definitions for contagium
/ (kənˈteɪdʒɪəm) /
pathol the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
Origin of contagium
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