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CONTAGIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonyms:
catching; communicable; contagious; contractable; transmissible; transmittable
Classified under:
Similar:
infectious (easily spread)
Derivation:
contagion (an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted)
contagion (any disease easily transmitted by contact)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
Example:
a contagious grin
Classified under:
Similar:
infectious (easily spread)
Derivation:
contagion (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people)
Context examples:
An individual is contagious 1-2 days prior to the appearance of the blisters until all blisters are crusted over.
(Chicken Pox Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
It is infallibly deadly, and it is horribly contagious.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Importantly, they have discovered that the urge to yawn -our propensity for contagious yawning- is individual to each one of us.
(Why Is Yawning so Contagious?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
An acute febrile, contagious, viral disease of birds caused by a Paramyxovirus (NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS).
(Newcastle Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Mycotoxins are neither infectious nor contagious, but can occur on a herd-wide basis.
(Mycotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)
Describes a drug or effect that works against tuberculosis (a contagious bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs).
(Antitubercular Agent, NCI Dictionary)
Trial investigators also closely monitored participants’ symptoms and the amount of influenza virus they shed from the nose, which may indicate how contagious someone is.
(Flu infection study increases understanding of natural immunity, National Institutes of Health)
It is highly contagious and susceptible to the antiviral medications.
(Influenza A (H1N1) Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
Conjunctivitis is often due to an infection. Children frequently get it, and it is very contagious.
(Eye Infections, NIH)
The bacteria is highly contagious and is spread thorough close contact with the victims.
(Experts Link Fatal Mystery Illness in Liberia to Meningitis Bacteria, VOA)
