contagion

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  1. noun Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact.
  2. noun A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease.
  3. noun The direct cause, such as a bacterium or virus, of a communicable disease.
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  • The first symptom of the contagion was the swelling of the lymph nodes under the arms or between the thighs. —  Galileo in Rome
  • No one came to see me for fear of contagion, and I wasn't much in the mood for company anyway. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • Well if you want to set off a further wave of speculative contagion, here exactly is how to do it: —  A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros
  • There has also been little attention paid to how the contagion is spreading worldwide or how the Treasury is already wheeling and dealing with Wall Street on conference calls —  News Dissector Blog
  • Somebody else referred to it as a contagion, somewhere between the Asian flu and bird flu. —  Labour Press Office - Press Release Summaries
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  1. Middle English contagioun, from Latin contāgiō, contāgiōn-, from contingere, contāct-, to touch; see contact.

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  1. = French contagion = Spanish contagion = Portuguese contagião = Italian contagione, from Latin contagio (n-), also contagium (see contagium), a touching, contact, particularly contact with something unclean or infectious, contamination, from contingere (contag-), touch: see contact, contingent.
 

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