Contagion
51Contagion — Con|ta|gi|on [k...] usw. vgl. ↑Kontagion usw …
52contagion — con|ta|gion [ kən teıdʒən ] noun 1. ) uncount MEDICAL a situation in which a disease can be spread from one person to another through touch or through the air a ) count a disease that can be spread from one person to another through touch or… …
53contagion — See collective behaviour …
54contagion — con·ta·gion || kÉ™n teɪdÊ’É™n n. spreading of a disease from one individual to another; infectious disease; rapidly spreading influence (i.e. fear or doctrine) …
55contagion — [kən teɪdʒ(ə)n] noun the communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact. ↘dated a disease spread by close contact. Origin ME: from L. contagio(n ), from con together with + the base of tangere to touch …
56contagion — n. 1. Infection, communication of disease (by contact, direct or indirect). 2. Contagious matter, disease germs, virus, contagium. 3. Contamination, taint, corruption, infection. 4. Pestilential influence, poisonous exhalations, pestilence,… …
57contagion — n 1.(all usu. of disease) communication, transmission, transmittal, transference. 2. infection, contamination, pollution, corruption. 3. spread, dispersion, dissemination, propagation, circulation; insinuation, suggestion …
58contagion — con·ta·gion …
59contagion — /kənˈteɪdʒən/ (say kuhn tayjuhn) 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. pestilential influence; hurtful contact or influence …
60contagion — n. 1 a the communication of disease from one person to another by bodily contact. b a contagious disease. 2 a contagious or harmful influence. 3 moral corruption, esp. when tending to be widespread. Etymology: ME f. L contagio (as com , tangere… …
