contagium

noun

Definition of contagiumnext
as in contagious disease

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  1. contagious disease
  2. infection
  3. virus
  4. contagion
Noun
  • Teaching Pandemics Syllabus Readings on the history of quarantine, contagious disease, viruses, infections, and epidemics offer important context for the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
  • By March, the highly contagious disease, which is transmittable by any bodily fluid, had made its way to the capital, Conakry, prompting panic among the city’s two million residents.
    Jessica Hatcher, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2014
Definition of contagious disease
Noun
  • These infections lead to hundreds of thousands of ER visits and hospitalizations, as well as around 900 deaths, every year.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • If signs of infection were observed, she was confined to a hospital.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of infection
Noun
  • Keep stress in check: Stress suppresses the immune system and increases vulnerability to cold-causing viruses.
    Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Testing reveals dead flu virus and tons of antibodies to virus.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of virus
Noun
  • And then there's like, the people who won't admit that some of this is social contagion, some of this is just a TikTok trend that got out of hand.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Investors may punish French stocks and bonds, which could lead to contagion in other areas of the EU where the euro currency is used because of the size of France's national public debt, about $3 trillion, according to the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of contagion
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