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con⋅ta⋅gion

  [kuhn-tey-juhn]
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–noun
1. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact.
2. a disease so communicated.
3. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted.
4. harmful or undesirable contact or influence.
5. the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person: a contagion of fear.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L contāgiōn- (s. of contāgiō) contact, infection, equiv. to con- con- + tāg- (var. s. of tangere to touch) + -iōn- -ion; cf. contact

Related forms:
con⋅ta⋅gioned, adjective
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con·ta·gion   (kən-tā'jən)   
n.  

    1. Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact.

    2. A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease.

    3. The direct cause, such as a bacterium or virus, of a communicable disease.

  2. Psychology The spread of a behavior pattern, attitude, or emotion from person to person or group to group through suggestion, propaganda, rumor, or imitation.

  3. A harmful, corrupting influence: feared that violence on television was a contagion affecting young viewers.

  4. The tendency to spread, as of a doctrine, influence, or emotional state.


[Middle English contagioun, from Latin contāgiō, contāgiōn-, from contingere, contāct-, to touch; see contact.]
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Financial Dictionary

Contagion

The likelihood of significant economic changes in one country spreading to other countries. This can refer to either economic booms or economic crises.

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An infamous example is the "Asian Contagion&quot that occurred in 1997 and started in Thailand. The economic crisis in Thailand spread to bordering southeast Asian countries and then eventually spilled over to Latin America.

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Main Entry: con·ta·gion
Pronunciation: k&n-'tA-j&n
Function: noun
1 : the transmission of a disease by direct or indirectcontact
2 : CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
3 : a disease-producing agent (as a virus)
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contagion con·ta·gion (kən-tā'jən)
n.

  1. Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact.

  2. A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease.

  3. See contagium.

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contagion   (kən-tā'jən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The transmission of an infectious disease resulting from direct or indirect contact between individuals or animals.

  2. A disease that is transmitted in this way.

  3. The agent that causes a contagious disease, such as a bacterium or a virus.


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