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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Contagion \Con*ta"gion\ (k[o^]n*t[=a]"j[u^]n), n. [L. contagio:
cf. F. contagion. See {Contact}.]
1. (Med.) The transmission of a disease from one person to
another, by direct or indirect contact.
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Note: The term has been applied by some to the action of
miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter,
bogs, fens, etc., but in this sense it is now
abandoned. --Dunglison.
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And will he steal out of his wholesome bed
To dare the vile contagion of the night? --Shak.
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2. That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit
disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding
from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the
disease.
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3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the
mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. "The
contagion of example." --Eikon Basilike.
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When lust . . .
Lets in defilement to the inward parts,
The soul grows clotted by contagion. --Milton.
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4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] "I'll touch my point with this
contagion." --Shak.
Syn: See {Infection}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contagion
n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: {contagious
disease}, {contagion}]
2: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
[syn: {infection}, {contagion}, {transmission}]
3: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a
number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of
his enthusiasm for poetry" [syn: {contagion}, {infection}]
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