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单词 anti-contagion
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anti-contagionadj.

Brit. /ˌantɪkənˈteɪdʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)ikənˈteɪdʒən/, /ˌænˌtaɪkənˈteɪdʒən/, /ˌæn(t)əkənˈteɪdʒən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anti- prefix, contagion n.
Etymology: < anti- prefix + contagion n.
1. Opposed to the view that a particular disease is contagious. Cf. anti-contagionist n. and adj. at anti- prefix 3b(a)(ii). Obsolete.
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1823 C. Maclean tr. Appeal of Free Spaniard to Public Opinion of Europe 28 A French translation of the Barcelona anti-contagion manifesto of fifteen native and foreign physicians.
1850 London Med. Gaz. 5 Apr. 612/1 Your zeal in the anti-contagion cause has led you into a course more becoming a partisan than an impartial narrator of events.
2. Intended to prevent or hinder contagion.
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1872 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 July 25/1 The print represented a medical man of the period dressed in an anti-contagion costume.
1995 D. S. Barnes Making of Social Dis. vi. 196 One doctor called for..the distribution of spittoons and anticontagion instructions to all those afflicted with the disease [sc. tuberculosis].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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