contagium

[ kuhn-tey-juhm, -jee-uhm ]

noun,plural con·ta·gia [kuhn-tey-juh, -jee-uh]. /kənˈteɪ dʒə, -dʒi ə/. Pathology.
  1. the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.

Origin of contagium

1
1645–55; <Latin, equivalent to contāg- (see contagion) + -ium-ium

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contagium

/ (kənˈteɪdʒɪəm) /


nounplural -gia (-dʒɪə)
  1. pathol the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease

Origin of contagium

1
C17: from Latin, variant of contāgiō contagion

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