contagium

noun

Definition of contagiumnext
as in contagious disease

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  1. contagious disease
  2. infection
  3. virus
  4. contagion
Noun
  • Indoor cats are also less at risk from contagious diseases and parasites.
    Rachael O'Connor, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The highly contagious disease all but wiped out cattle and their wild relatives, including Cape buffalo, Kerbis Peterhans said.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of contagious disease
Noun
  • Organisms vulnerable to infection Immune systems rely on recognizing specific molecular shapes found in invading bacteria.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If your provider is concerned about semen infection, a semen culture can be completed.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of infection
Noun
  • This one tested positive for Influenza A. Officials tested the child’s family too; all tested negative for Influenza A. Influenza A viruses include many human seasonal flu viruses, as well as H5N1.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Historically, the virus − which has been around for decades, has mostly affected farmed poultry.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of virus
Noun
  • What does social contagion look like today, when images and stories emerge out of the great sea of information and are just as quickly submerged?
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Whatever the answer, such personal exposures may be driving a different sort of contagion: public awareness.
    Joshua Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of contagion
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